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Pfennig - Pilgrim I
| Issuer | Patriarchate of Aquileia (Italian States) |
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| Year | 1130-1161 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Reverse description | Stylized depiction of a church facade featuring three towers rendered with jagged or crenellated outlines, characteristic of Romanesque architectural representation in medieval coinage. The central tower rises above a gabled roof and all three towers are surmounted by crosses. The composition is contained within the concave flan typical of Aquileian deniers of this period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Patriarchate of Aquileia wielded both ecclesiastical and secular authority over a broad swath of northeastern Italy and the eastern Alpine passes — territory that made it a critical waypoint for pilgrims and merchants moving between the German lands and the Levant. Pilgrim I, patriarch from 1130 to 1161, issued this denaro during a period of intense rivalry with the bishops of Grado, a conflict that drew papal intervention repeatedly. The Bernardi 1 attribution places this among the earliest documented patriarchal strikes of the series.