Denier - Thierry II Metz

Thierry II held the see of Metz from 1005 to 1047 under the direct patronage of the Salian emperors, and his episcopate coincided with a period of aggressive reassertion of imperial coinage rights in the Lotharingian bishoprics. The denier issues struck under his authority reflect the broader Ottonian-era policy of concentrating minting rights within loyal ecclesiastical hands — a deliberate counterweight to secular territorial lords encroaching on fiscal prerogatives along the Moselle corridor.

Kluge's Karolingerkatalog reference 333 places this type within a relatively tight die sequence.