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Pfennig - Ortlieb
| Issuer | Bishopric of Chur |
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| Year | 1458-1491 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse lettering | O |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Bishopric of Chur held coining rights in the Graubünden region through much of the medieval period, but by the mid-fifteenth century its monetary authority was increasingly contested by the growing power of the Three Leagues — the confederate bodies that would eventually dominate the region entirely. Ortlieb von Brandis, bishop from 1458 to 1491, issued these small silver pfennigs against a backdrop of steadily eroding episcopal influence. The HMZ reference 2-377d places this among a tightly defined group within his reign.