Obol - Henry I Knight

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.