Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
Pfennig - Johann II Senn von Münsingen
| Issuer | Bishopric of Basel |
|---|---|
| Year | 1335-1365 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | 1 Pfennig |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Plain |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | ND (1335-1365) - Type 1 - ND (1335-1365) - Type 2 - |
| Additional information |
Johann II Senn von Münsingen served as Bishop of Basel from 1335 to 1365, a tenure shaped by the catastrophic disruptions of the Black Death, which struck the Rhine valley with particular violence in 1348–1349 and killed an estimated third of Basel's population. Episcopal minting authority in the region was already contested against the city's growing commercial power, and coinage from this period reflects an institution under sustained pressure to maintain relevance as a monetary issuer.
The extensive reference concordance — six catalogues — suggests this type is well-documented but not especially rare in collections, having circulated widely across the Upper Rhine trade network.