Denier - Theoderich

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.