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Denier - Theoderic III of Bar
| Issuer | Bishopric of Metz |
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| Year | 1163-1171 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Edge | Plain |
| Mint | Metz |
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Theoderic III held the see of Metz from 1163 until his death in 1171, a tenure defined largely by his entanglement in the prolonged conflict between Frederick Barbarossa and the papacy. As a suffragen of the imperial church, the bishop's minting rights derived directly from imperial grant, and Metz's position on the Moselle made its coinage a practical necessity for regional commerce well beyond ecclesiastical use. The denier format had been established at Metz for well over a century by the time Theoderic issued this piece.