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Denier - Gonthier
| Issuer | Bishopric of Salzburg |
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| Year | 1024-1025 |
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| Reference(s) | Hahn Radas#103, Kluge Kar#519 |
| Obverse description | A bold central cross divides the field into four quadrants, each filled with highly degenerate, pseudo-epigraphic letterforms derived from a corrupted episcopal legend. The inscription, reading SRVODBT EPIS, has degraded to the point where individual characters are barely legible, merging into abstract decorative elements surrounding the cross. The overall composition reflects the typical stylistic devolution of early medieval hammered coinage, where repeated die-copying has rendered the original lettering largely illegible. The flan is irregular and slightly convex, consistent with hand-struck Pfennig production of the early eleventh century. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays a schematic temple or church facade rendered in a highly stylized manner, with a triangular pediment surmounted by a cross at its apex and further crosses or cross-like elements within the tympanum and body of the structure. Surrounding the central architectural motif is a degenerate circular legend reading SRODBT ES, comprising heavily corrupted letterforms characteristic of late Ottonian-era die degradation. The architectural design is consistent with the church-facade type widely employed on contemporaneous German episcopal Pfennige. The overall strike is bold but uneven, with some flatness at the flan edges attributable to the irregular planchet. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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