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Denier - Theoderich
| 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 bearing a retrograde or irregularly arranged Latin legend distributed across the entire coin surface in multiple lines, without a clearly defined central device. The inscription, rendered in archaic Carolingian letterforms, fills the flan in a manner typical of early medieval episcopal deniers. The overall design reflects the rudimentary die-cutting style of mid-11th-century Rhenish ecclesiastical coinage, with letters arranged in a roughly grid-like pattern across the field. |
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| Obverse lettering | A HE Ƨ A I |
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Theoderich of Basel held the bishopric from 1041 to 1055 under Henry III, who granted or confirmed minting rights to the see as part of the broader Salian policy of anchoring imperial authority through loyal ecclesiastical lords. The Bishopric of Basel was a critical node along trans-Alpine routes, and its coinage — however light — was functional currency in a corridor that mattered strategically to the empire.
Michd Bâle#19 places this among a small group of attributable episcopal deniers from the period before Basel's mint output becomes more consistently documented in the twelfth century.