Denier with bird - Henry I

Henry I of Verdun's episcopate coincided with the prolonged disorder of the Investiture Controversy's aftermath, when the authority to appoint bishops remained bitterly contested between Rome and the German crown. Verdun's position on the Meuse made it a strategically pressured see, and the local coinage reflects a mint operating under uncertain lordship. The "var." notation against Rob Verdun#88 suggests die characteristics that diverge from the primary catalogued type — possibly a workshop variant or an emission from a specific phase within the twelve-year striking window.