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Penning - Ansfried
| Issuer | Utrecht, Bishopric of |
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| Year | 995-1010 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse lettering | ✠ ANSFRID` EPS (Translation: Bishop Ansfried) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Ansfried served as Bishop of Utrecht from 995 until his death in 1010, having previously been a prominent military commander under Emperor Otto III — an unusual trajectory that left its mark on his administration of the see. His episcopate coincided with a period of active Ottonian consolidation in the Low Countries, and his coinage drew on the imperial minting privileges granted to Utrecht's bishops, which had been accumulating since the mid-tenth century. The penning type associated with his reign is among the thinner and more irregularly produced issues from the Utrecht series, reflecting workshop conditions more than any deliberate debasement.