Pfennig - Berthold II von Pfirt

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.