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| Issuer | Bishopric of Basel |
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| Year | 1041-1055 |
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| Value | 1 Denier |
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| Obverse description | Crude hammered field displaying highly stylised architectural elements, interpreted as schematic towers or turrets arranged symmetrically in the quarters of the die. The design is executed in a primitive, almost abstract manner characteristic of early medieval episcopal coinage. A retrograde or distorted legend reading BHES·AI surrounds or bisects the central motif, rendered in irregular, crudely-formed Latin capital letters. The overall composition reflects the rudimentary die-cutting techniques of mid-eleventh century Rhenish ecclesiastical mints. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | ᗺ HES·Λ I |
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