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| Issuer | Bishopric of Basel |
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| Year | 1659-1662 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Full-length standing figure of the armoured, mantled, crowned, and nimbate Holy Roman Emperor Heinrich II facing front, holding a sceptre in his left hand and a votive model of Basel Cathedral in his right hand, identifying him as the cathedral's founder and patron saint. The emperor is depicted in a formal, hieratic pose consistent with medieval ecclesiastical iconographic tradition as adapted in baroque coinage. The surrounding legend names the imperial saint in abbreviated Latin. |
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| Reverse lettering | SANC • HENRI • ROM • IMPER |
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