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Pfennig - Berthold II von Pfirt
| Issuer | Bishopric of Basel |
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| Year | 1249-1262 |
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| Shape | Round with 4 pinches |
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| Reverse description | Blank, as is typical of uniface bracteate-style pfennig coinage of the period, with no design, inscription, or decorative element; the reverse presents only the incuse impression of the obverse design transferred through the thin silver flan during striking. |
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| Mintage | ND (1249-1262) |
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Berthold II von Pfirt served as Bishop of Basel during a period of sustained conflict between the episcopal see and the burghers of Basel, who were pressing steadily for communal autonomy. His coinage was struck within that tension — the bishop asserting monetary authority over a city that would, within a century, effectively wrest control of its own civic affairs. The Breisgau reference in Wielandt's corpus places some of this production in that region, reflecting the diocese's reach across the Rhine.