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Pfennig 'Vierzipfliger'
| Issuer | Fraumünster, Abbey of |
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| Year | 1301-1400 |
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| Shape | Round with 4 pinches |
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| Obverse description | Facing crowned head of the Abbess or a regal figure depicted in low relief within a beaded inner circle, the face rendered in schematic medieval style with stylized hair or crown visible above. Partial legend TVREGVM (referring to Zurich) distributed around the field, interspersed with small decorative elements. The flan exhibits the characteristic four-pinched (Vierzipfliger) irregular scalloped border typical of Zurich bracteate-style pfennigs of the 14th century. The overall style reflects the crude but expressive hammered die work common to ecclesiastical mint production of the period. |
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| Reverse description | As a typical hammered bracteate-style pfennig of this series, the reverse presents an incuse or weakly impressed mirror image of the obverse design, a characteristic feature of thin medieval silver pfennigs struck with a single working die on a thin flan. The surface shows the natural flow lines and flan irregularities consistent with hand-cut silver blanks of 14th-century ecclesiastical mint production at Zurich. |
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| Mintage | ND (1301-1400) |
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