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Pfennig - Otto von Grandson
| Issuer | Bishopric of Basel |
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| Year | 1306-1309 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Mitred bust of a bishop in three-quarter facing view, turned to the right, with a pellet above the mitre. A crosier is depicted in the right field. The effigy is rendered in the bold, simplified style typical of late medieval episcopal bracteate-related coinage, contained within a beaded or plain inner circle. The irregular flan exhibits four pinched points at the cardinal positions, characteristic of the bracteate tradition of the Upper Rhine region. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Otto von Grandson — better known as a Savoyard knight and diplomat in the service of Edward I of England — held the Bishopric of Basel from 1306 to 1309 under genuinely contested circumstances. His appointment was a papal provision over local chapter opposition, and he never fully consolidated ecclesiastical authority before his death.
The Basel pfennig of this period was struck under the bishop's mint right, a privilege the see had held since the tenth century. Otto's tenure was short enough that documented output from his episcopate is sparse.