Catalog
Denier 'Vierzipfliger'
| Issuer | Habsburg-Laufenburg, Counts of |
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| Year | 1180 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | A lion passant regardant depicted in profile facing left, with its tail raised in a sinuous S-curve over its back. The figure is rendered in a stylized Romanesque manner characteristic of 12th-century Upper Rhenish bracteate-influenced coinage, occupying the central field of the flan. No surrounding legend is present. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Laufenburg line of the Habsburg dynasty controlled strategic Rhine crossings between Basel and Waldshut, and their bracteate-style deniers reflect the monetary fragmentation of the Upper Rhine during the late Hohenstaufen period — each petty lordship effectively running its own currency. The "Vierzipfliger" type takes its name from the four-pointed or four-lobed form, a morphology that distinguishes it from the flat round pfennigs circulating in neighboring territories.
Wielandt's corpus for Breisgau coinage remains the primary reference for this series, and the 24a designation indicates a specific die state within a small documented group.