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Netherlands Denar Friesland / Leeuwarden, Count Bruno III, 1038–1057 XF+/XF
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Obv: +HENRICVS RE
Rev: ·BR·VИ within rectangular border; VERT - LIVN.
Netherlands / Margraviate of Frisia, Leeuwarden Count Bruno III of Brunswick (1038–1057) Denar – An Attractive Numismatic Piece
Introduction
Offered here is a silver denar struck at Leeuwarden in Friesland for Count Bruno III of Brunswick (1038–1057), in the name of King Henry III. It is catalogued as Ilisch I, 21.14, Dannenberg 502, and weighs 0.52 g. Frisian denars of the Brunonen counts belong to the most characteristic coinages of the eleventh-century Low Countries, and a clearly struck piece of the Leeuwarden type is always in demand.
Description
The obverse shows the king's head to the right, wearing a spiked crown, with a cross-staff before the face, within an inner line circle, surrounded by the legend +HENRICVS RE, naming King and later Emperor Henry III. The reverse carries the count's name ·BR·VИ, with a reversed N, in a central rectangular band between two dotted lines with thickened ends, with an arc above and below. Around it is the mint legend VERT – LIVN, the lower part retrograde, naming Leeuwarden. Struck by hand on a thin, broad flan, the coin shows clear main devices, a well-readable count's name and attractive silver surfaces.
Historical Context
The Brunonen were a Saxon comital family based around Brunswick in eastern Saxony. In the eleventh century they also held extensive counties in Middle Frisia, between the Vlie and the Lauwers, including the districts of Oostergo and Westergo, and they struck silver denars at several Frisian mints, among them Leeuwarden, Dokkum, Bolsward and Stavoren. Count Bruno III (1038–1057) succeeded his father Liudolf as count of Brunswick and as count in Middle Frisia in 1038. Through Gisela of Swabia, grandmother of Bruno and, by her later marriage to Emperor Conrad II, mother of King Henry III, the family stood close to the Salian royal house; Bruno and his brother Ekbert are described as cousins of the young King Henry IV.
His Frisian coinage was issued in the name of Henry III, king from 1039 and emperor from Christmas 1046 until his death in 1056. The royal portrait and the title rex appear on the obverse, while the count's own name BRVN and the mint occupy the reverse. On 26 June 1057 Bruno and Ekbert met Otto, Margrave of the Nordmark, in a skirmish near Merseburg; both Bruno and Otto were killed. Bruno was succeeded in his Frisian and Saxon lands by his brother Ekbert I.
Leeuwarden, in the district of Oostergo, grew from a group of terp settlements in the Middle Frisian lands. In the Salian period it was an important trading place and one of the busiest Frisian mints. Its denars, like other Frisian issues of the time, circulated widely in the North Sea and Baltic trade.
Numismatic Details
Denomination: denar (penny). Mint: Leeuwarden, Friesland. Authority: Count Bruno III of Brunswick (1038–1057), in the name of King Henry III. Reference: Ilisch I, 21.14; Dannenberg 502. Weight: 0.52 g. The light weight and the broad, thin flan are typical of the Frisian denars of this period.
Cultural and Political Symbolism
The coin joins two powers on one small piece of silver: the king's name and portrait on the obverse, the count's own name and his mint on the reverse. It shows how regional lords in the Empire exercised minting rights while still acknowledging royal authority, and how Frisian silver connected the Low Countries with the wider world of northern trade.
Conclusion
This Leeuwarden denar of Bruno III is an attractive example of Frisian coinage from the Salian era, of the catalogue type Ilisch 21.14 / Dannenberg 502, with a clear royal portrait and a well-readable count's name. It will make a fine addition to any collection of medieval coins of the Netherlands and Germany.
Rev: ·BR·VИ within rectangular border; VERT - LIVN.
Netherlands / Margraviate of Frisia, Leeuwarden Count Bruno III of Brunswick (1038–1057) Denar – An Attractive Numismatic Piece
Introduction
Offered here is a silver denar struck at Leeuwarden in Friesland for Count Bruno III of Brunswick (1038–1057), in the name of King Henry III. It is catalogued as Ilisch I, 21.14, Dannenberg 502, and weighs 0.52 g. Frisian denars of the Brunonen counts belong to the most characteristic coinages of the eleventh-century Low Countries, and a clearly struck piece of the Leeuwarden type is always in demand.
Description
The obverse shows the king's head to the right, wearing a spiked crown, with a cross-staff before the face, within an inner line circle, surrounded by the legend +HENRICVS RE, naming King and later Emperor Henry III. The reverse carries the count's name ·BR·VИ, with a reversed N, in a central rectangular band between two dotted lines with thickened ends, with an arc above and below. Around it is the mint legend VERT – LIVN, the lower part retrograde, naming Leeuwarden. Struck by hand on a thin, broad flan, the coin shows clear main devices, a well-readable count's name and attractive silver surfaces.
Historical Context
The Brunonen were a Saxon comital family based around Brunswick in eastern Saxony. In the eleventh century they also held extensive counties in Middle Frisia, between the Vlie and the Lauwers, including the districts of Oostergo and Westergo, and they struck silver denars at several Frisian mints, among them Leeuwarden, Dokkum, Bolsward and Stavoren. Count Bruno III (1038–1057) succeeded his father Liudolf as count of Brunswick and as count in Middle Frisia in 1038. Through Gisela of Swabia, grandmother of Bruno and, by her later marriage to Emperor Conrad II, mother of King Henry III, the family stood close to the Salian royal house; Bruno and his brother Ekbert are described as cousins of the young King Henry IV.
His Frisian coinage was issued in the name of Henry III, king from 1039 and emperor from Christmas 1046 until his death in 1056. The royal portrait and the title rex appear on the obverse, while the count's own name BRVN and the mint occupy the reverse. On 26 June 1057 Bruno and Ekbert met Otto, Margrave of the Nordmark, in a skirmish near Merseburg; both Bruno and Otto were killed. Bruno was succeeded in his Frisian and Saxon lands by his brother Ekbert I.
Leeuwarden, in the district of Oostergo, grew from a group of terp settlements in the Middle Frisian lands. In the Salian period it was an important trading place and one of the busiest Frisian mints. Its denars, like other Frisian issues of the time, circulated widely in the North Sea and Baltic trade.
Numismatic Details
Denomination: denar (penny). Mint: Leeuwarden, Friesland. Authority: Count Bruno III of Brunswick (1038–1057), in the name of King Henry III. Reference: Ilisch I, 21.14; Dannenberg 502. Weight: 0.52 g. The light weight and the broad, thin flan are typical of the Frisian denars of this period.
Cultural and Political Symbolism
The coin joins two powers on one small piece of silver: the king's name and portrait on the obverse, the count's own name and his mint on the reverse. It shows how regional lords in the Empire exercised minting rights while still acknowledging royal authority, and how Frisian silver connected the Low Countries with the wider world of northern trade.
Conclusion
This Leeuwarden denar of Bruno III is an attractive example of Frisian coinage from the Salian era, of the catalogue type Ilisch 21.14 / Dannenberg 502, with a clear royal portrait and a well-readable count's name. It will make a fine addition to any collection of medieval coins of the Netherlands and Germany.
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