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Denier - Udon de Nellenburg main
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Trier |
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| Year | 1066-1078 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Bust of Archbishop Udo of Nellenburg facing right, holding a crosier, rendered in crude medieval style within a beaded inner circle. The effigy is depicted in profile with stylized facial features and ecclesiastical vestments suggested by incised lines. A circular legend surrounds the bust within the coin's beaded border. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A manus Dei (Hand of God in benediction) depicted at center before a cross, flanked by the Greek letters Alpha and Omega as symbols of divine eternity, with two additional crosses completing the composition. The design is executed in the primitive Romanesque hammered style typical of 11th-century Rhenish ecclesiastical coinage, with the symbolic elements arranged within a beaded border. |
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