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Hälbing 'Vierzipfliger'
| Issuer | Fraumünster, Abbey of |
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| Year | 1301-1400 |
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| Currency | Pfennig (12th-15th century) |
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| Obverse description | Full-faced effigy of an abbess in high relief, wearing a pearl diadem across the forehead and a beaded collar about the neck. The face is rendered in a stylized Romanesque manner with prominent almond-shaped eyes, a broad nose, and a wide mouth. Flanking the head are small heraldic or decorative elements extending to either side. The design occupies the entire flan within a faint inner border, characteristic of medieval Swiss bracteate-influenced pfennig coinage. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Uniface strike; the reverse is blank, showing only the incuse mirror impression of the obverse design as a result of the thin hammered flan technique typical of medieval Swiss Hälbling coinage. |
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