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Pfennig
| Issuer | City of Bern |
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| Year | 1275-1300 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Within a beaded inner circle, a stylized frontal human head with a crown or headdress composed of pellets surmounts the body of a bear passant to the left, rendered in a bold, archaic die-cut style characteristic of 13th-century Swiss civic coinage. The bear, the heraldic emblem of Bern, is depicted in low relief with schematic musculature. The field is plain, and no legend is present. The overall composition is enclosed within the beaded border, with the pinched flan edge typical of medieval Rappen-type bracteates. |
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| Reverse description | Uniface strike; the reverse presents the incuse mirror image of the obverse design, as is characteristic of thin hammered bracteate-style pfennigs of this period, with the bear and pellet headdress visible in negative relief. The surface is unmarked and bears no additional design elements or inscription. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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