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Denier - Sede Vacante
| Issuer | Lausanne, Bishopric of |
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| Year | 1050 |
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| Reference(s) | HMZ 1#1-485a |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A bold pattée cross occupies the central field, enclosed within a beaded inner circle. One quadrant of the cross contains an S-shaped or serpentine symbol, a distinctive privy mark associated with this Sede Vacante issue of the Bishopric of Lausanne. The surrounding legend, referencing the Carolingian imperial authority of Louis, is distributed around the circumference in Latin majuscules, with a cross preceding the inscription. The overall style reflects the Carolingian denier tradition adapted for episcopal coinage during a vacancy of the see. |
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Sede vacante coins were struck during the vacancy between episcopal appointments, when cathedral chapters exercised temporary temporal authority. The Lausanne bishopric occupied a strategically contested position between Burgundian and imperial spheres, and the right to coin during vacancies was itself a jealously guarded prerogative — one that Holy Roman emperors periodically challenged throughout the eleventh century.
HMZ 1#1-485a is among the earliest documented Lausanne deniers, predating the fuller episcopal series that emerges under confirmed bishops later in the century.