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Light Denier - Henry X
| Issuer | Bavaria, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1130-1135 |
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| Currency | Pfennig (907-1504) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Henry X — "the Black" — ruled Bavaria at a moment of intense Salian-Welf tension, his position as duke owing entirely to his marriage to Wulfhild of Saxony and the political maneuvering of Henry V. The light denier denomination reflects a broader thinning of Bavarian silver coinage during the early twelfth century, as regional minting authorities struggled to maintain bullion reserves against the demands of dynastic warfare.
The Emmerig Regensburg reference situates this piece firmly within the Regensburg minting tradition, which held near-monopoly status on ducal coinage in Bavaria throughout this period.