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| Emittent | Bishopric of Basel |
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| Jahr | 1366-1382 |
| Typ | Standard circulation coin |
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| Aversbeschreibung | Facing left bust of a bishop in high relief, depicted wearing a mitre; the face is rendered in a schematic, archaic style typical of late medieval Swiss ecclesiastical bracteate coinage. A ring or annulet appears to the right of the bust. The design occupies the full flan, with the characteristic distortions resulting from the four-pinch shaping of the planchet visible at the edges. |
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| Reversbeschreibung | Blank, as is characteristic of this denomination struck as a uniface bracteate-style coin; the reverse shows only the incuse impression of the obverse design produced during hammered striking. |
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Johann III von Vienne held the see of Basel from 1366 until his death in 1382, a tenure defined largely by his navigation of the competing pressures exerted by the Habsburgs and the city's increasingly assertive burghers. The Hälbling — half a Rappen — was the smallest denomination in regular Rhenish circulation, and examples struck under Johann are among the lightest coins produced by any episcopal mint of the period. At 0.12g, the margin for error in the blanking and striking process was essentially zero, which explains the frequency of off-center or weakly-defined pieces in surviving collections.