Catalog
Denier 'Vierzipfliger'
| Issuer | Fraumünster, Abbey of |
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| Year | 1050-1100 |
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| Shape | Round with 4 pinches |
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| Obverse description | Two facing busts conjoined side by side, depicted in a flat, archaic relief characteristic of Ottonian-era Rhenish coinage; a small annulet appears above the heads in the upper field. The busts are rendered in a simple, stylised manner with rounded facial features, set within a plain inner border. The overall composition is symmetrical, with no surrounding legend on this side. The flan exhibits the distinctive four-pinched ('Vierzipfliger') irregular quadrilateral form typical of early Swiss bracteate-related issues. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | ZVRICH |
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