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Obol - Henry I Knight
| Issuer | Duchy of Brabant (Belgian States) |
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| Year | 1211-1235 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Obverse description | A mounted knight in full military attire depicted in right-facing profile, shown at full gallop on a charging horse. The rider bears a raised sword or lance and appears equipped with a shield, rendered in the bold, somewhat schematic style typical of early 13th-century Brabantine hammered coinage. The design fills the irregular flan with the energetic equestrian motif characteristic of the feudal knight type issued under Duke Henry I. The legend DVX appears partially around the field. |
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| Reverse description | A decorative cross pattée or voided cross design centered within the coin field, with a central pellet or boss at the intersection of the arms. Four circular rings or annulets are placed in each angle between the arms of the cross, creating a symmetrical quatrefoil composition. The entire design is enclosed within a beaded or pelleted border following the irregular contour of the flan. The bold, flat relief is consistent with hammered production technique typical of early medieval Low Countries coinage. |
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Henry I ruled Brabant during a period of aggressive territorial consolidation, and his coinage program reflected both his political ambitions and his need to finance them. The obol denomination — half a denier — circulated primarily among the lower strata of market transactions, the kind of small commerce that larger denominations never touched. At 0.28g, attrition was inevitable; most examples that survived did so by accident rather than hoarding.
Witte 34 is among the scarcer attributions in the Henry I series.