Area/Ruler: | Bavaria -Regensburg: Bishop Heinrich II and Duke Otto III |
Reigned: | 1277 AD - 1296 AD |
Denomination: | AR Pfennig |
Date of Issue: | 1290-1300 |
Obverse: | Facing bust of bishop or duke under archway with columns. |
Reverse: | Facing busts of bishop and duke under pointed arches. |
Reference: | Metcalf SG 51 |
Weight: | 0.8 gms |
Diameter: | 16.4 mm |
Bavaria
Bavaria
The most important mint of the period was that of Regensburg which was shared both by the bishop and the duke of Bavaria. In 1180 Henry the Lion was compelled by the emperor Friedrich I to renounce Bavaria in favour of Otto of Wittelsbach. To him is attributed the uninscribed coins with obverse type, an eagle, the badge of the Wittelsbachs and a figure of the duke on reverse. The joint issues of bishop and duke of the thirteenth century have as their most common types the bust of either bishop or duke on obverse and the busts of both enclosed in separate arches on the reverse. Under Duke Otto III and Bishop Heinrich Roteneck (1277-96) began the coinage with similar types but with the initials H - O added on either side of the obverse bust. Issues of this type continued until late in the fourteenth century. |