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Denier - Ulrich I
| Issuer | Bishopric of Chur |
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| Year | 1002-1026 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Central design features a stylized Romanesque church or cathedral facade in high relief, with a prominent triangular gabled roof, arched portal, and flanking towers, rendered schematically in the early medieval tradition. The architectural motif is characteristic of episcopal deniers, referencing the cathedral of Chur. The legend CVRIA CIVIT, denoting the city of Chur (Curia), appears around the periphery of the irregular flan. The strike is typical of hammered coinage of the period, with uneven pressure resulting in partial legend legibility. The overall composition is consistent with known issues of the Bishopric of Chur under Ulrich I. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Ulrich I received the right to mint at Chur as part of the broader Ottonian and early Salian policy of vesting episcopal authorities with comital powers — a deliberate strategy to counter the influence of hereditary lay nobles in the Alpine passes, where Chur's position on the Rhine headwaters made monetary control genuinely strategic. His grant dates to the reign of Henry II, who issued similar minting privileges to compliant bishops across the German kingdom between 1002 and 1024.
HMZ 1#1-405 is among the earliest documented episcopal coinage from Rhaetia.