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Penny - Egbert II Dokkum
| Issuer | Frisia |
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| Year | 1068-1077 |
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| Currency | Denier (843-1385) |
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| Reverse description | A highly stylized ecclesiastical design featuring two schematic facing busts representing the apostles Simon and Judas, rendered in a primitive linear style typical of Frisian ecclesiastical coinage of the late 11th century. The busts are depicted side by side within a beaded inner circle, with architectural or decorative elements separating them. The surrounding Latin legend DOGGINGVN, introduced by a cross pattee, refers to the mint of Dokkum, an important ecclesiastical center in Frisia. |
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| Reverse lettering | ✠ DOGGINGVN |
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Egbert II of Meissen was granted the March of Frisia by Henry IV in 1068, but his rule there was turbulent and brief. He was killed at Dokkum in 1076 — the same town where Boniface had been martyred three centuries earlier — during a conflict with the local Frisian population who resisted his authority. Coins bearing his name were almost certainly struck within that narrow window, making the type a direct artifact of a failed imperial appointment on the North Sea frontier.