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Penning - Otto III
| Issuer | Bishopric of Utrecht |
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| Year | 1234-1249 |
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| Currency | Groot (1024-1528) |
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| Reverse description | A large cross pattee divides the reverse field into four quarters, each containing a pellet or annulet ornament, with additional decorative elements filling the spaces between the cross arms in a characteristic Romanesque style. Small floral or foliate motifs appear in the angles of the cross. A dotted inner border frames the design, and the circular Latin legend reads TRAIECTVM, the medieval Latin name for Utrecht. |
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| Reverse lettering | ✠ TRAIECTVM (Translation: Utrecht) |
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Otto III van Holland was appointed Bishop of Utrecht in 1234 after a contested election that required papal intervention — his predecessor had died leaving the chapter bitterly divided. The Bishopric's minting rights in this period were exercised across multiple workshops, and the thin, bracteate-influenced penning coinage of the Rhine-Maas delta region was already losing ground to heavier Flemish and Brabantine issues pushing into the same trade circuits.
The vdCh 7#8 reference places this among a small cluster of types attributed to Otto III's episcopate on stylistic and hoard evidence rather than documentary record.