Denier - Otto I Chur mint

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背面描述	The reverse depicts a highly stylised architectural structure, most likely a representation of a church facade or gatehouse, rendered in a schematic Ottonian manner with tiered arcading, a central portal, and a cross surmounting the uppermost gable. The abbreviated mint name CVRA, identifying the Chur (Curia Raetorum) mint, appears in the field around the building in large, bold capital letters. The architectural motif is a distinctive feature of Ottonian imperial deniers struck at episcopal mints, here reflecting the see of Chur. The flan edges are irregular, as expected for hammered coinage of this period.
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附加信息	Otto I received imperial coronation from Pope John XII in Rome in February 962, and the Chur mint — one of the few operating in the Alpine corridor — almost certainly struck this issue in direct response to that elevation, updating the coinage to reflect the new imperial title. Control of Chur mattered strategically: the town commanded the passes into Italy, and Otto crossed those passes repeatedly to assert authority over a papacy he had just fundamentally reshaped.

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