Pfennig - Gallus von Florin

The Abbey of Disentis, founded in the early 8th century in the Surselva valley of Graubünden, held coining rights as an imperial abbey — a privilege that made issues like this pfennig legally distinct from the cantonal coinage developing around it. The reign of Gallus von Florin as abbot coincided with the abbey's careful navigation of confessional politics in a region where Reformed influence was advancing steadily through the Rhaetian communes.

Billon issues from small ecclesiastical mints of this period are frequently underrepresented in major collections, surviving more often in regional Swiss holdings than elsewhere. HMZ 1#2-504 is among the scarcer entries in that reference.