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Pfennig - Anonymous
| Issuer | Bishopric of Basel |
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| Year | 1270-1280 |
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| Weight | 0.37 g |
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| Obverse description | An eight-spoked wheel centrally positioned in the field, with a raised central hub and stylized foliate terminals at the end of each spoke, enclosed within a plain raised ring border. The coin exhibits the characteristic irregular flan and shallow relief typical of medieval hammered bracteate-style pfennigs of the Upper Rhine region. |
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| Mintage | ND (1270-1280) |
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The Bishopric of Basel exercised independent minting authority throughout the 13th century, issuing bracteate and thin-flan pfennigs under episcopal rather than secular control — a distinction that shaped the coin's iconographic program and kept it outside the orbit of the neighboring Habsburgs, who were aggressively consolidating monetary rights across the Upper Rhine during precisely this decade.