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Pfennig - Hartmann von Froburg
| Issuer | Zofingen, City of |
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| Year | 1240-1281 |
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| Value | 1 Pfennig |
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| Obverse description | Janiform double bust facing outward, the two conjoined heads depicted frontally and symmetrically at center, surmounted by an arched tower gate with a small turret finial. A dagger or short sword flanks each side of the gate, pointing upward. The design is rendered in the bold, stylized manner characteristic of 13th-century Swiss bracteate coinage, with the entire composition contained within a plain raised border. |
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| Reverse description | Uniface bracteate construction; the reverse presents the incuse mirror image of the obverse design, showing the Janiform double bust and tower gate in sunken relief, as is standard for thin hammered silver bracteates of this period. The incuse impression retains all major design elements in reverse, including the flanking daggers and arched gateway above the conjoined heads. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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