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Denier - Vécilon
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Mainz |
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| Year | 1084-1088 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Facing bust of Archbishop Wezilo (Vécilon), crowned and draped, with a scepter or staff held to the right. The portrait is rendered in the crude but expressive Ottonian-Salian hammered style, with beaded decorative elements framing the head. The surrounding legend reads WEINCELO AR, identifying the issuing archbishop. |
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| Reverse description | Schematic depiction of a church or cathedral façade within a beaded inner circle, featuring a prominent triangular pediment with decorative elements suggesting arched windows and towers, characteristic of Romanesque ecclesiastical architecture as rendered on medieval Rhenish deniers. The surrounding legend +MOGONCIA identifies the mint city of Mainz. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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