Catalog
Denier 'Vierzipfliger'
| Issuer | Fraumünster, Abbey of |
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| Year | 1101-1200 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field features a plain cross pattée set within a raised inner circle, surrounded by a beaded inner ring. Radiating outward from this ring are four stylized foliate or architectural ornaments arranged at the cardinal points, giving the coin its characteristic 'Vierzipfliger' (four-pointed) form. The overall design is executed in a bold, low-relief Romanesque style typical of 12th-century Swiss ecclesiastical coinage. A star or small ornamental device appears in the upper field between the radiating elements. The peripheral legend reads * ZVRICH along the beaded outer border. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse of this bracteate-influenced denier is uniface or shows only a faint incuse mirror impression of the obverse design, as is characteristic of the thin hammered pfennig coinage produced at the Fraumünster Abbey mint in Zurich during the 12th century. The surface exhibits natural die flow and metal stress typical of hand-struck ecclesiastical issues of the period. No distinct reverse legend or independent design is present. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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