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Pfennig - Henry IV of Isny
| Issuer | Bishopric of Basel |
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| Year | 1275-1285 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Facing bust of Bishop Henry IV wearing a mitre, depicted in a stylized Romanesque manner within a beaded inner circle. Flanking the bishop's effigy are two small floral or foliate sprigs, one to each side, rising from a row of pellets or decorative beading at the base. The bishop's facial features are rendered in a bold, archaic style characteristic of 13th-century south German ecclesiastical bracteate-influenced coinage. The circumferential legend reads + HENRICVS EPS, identifying the issuer as Bishop Henry. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Plain, uniface-style reverse typical of thin hammered medieval pfennigs of this period, showing only the incuse impression of the obverse design pressed through the thin silver flan during striking. No legend, device, or decorative element is present on the reverse. |
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