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Pfennig - Peter I von Reichenstein
| Issuer | Bishopric of Basel |
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| Year | 1286-1296 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | Facing mitred bust of the bishop in high relief, with a crosier rising vertically in the left field and a palm leaf in the right field. The episcopal mitre is rendered in the characteristic Rhenish-Alsatian Gothic style typical of late 13th-century bracteate-influenced pfennigs. The composition is centrally balanced within the irregular flan, with the ecclesiastical attributes serving as heraldic field markers flanking the portrait. |
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| Reverse description | Uniface issue; the reverse bears the incuse negative impression of the obverse design as a consequence of the hammered striking technique applied to a thin silver flan, with no intentional reverse design. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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