ALBERT I OF PIETENGAU SILVER PFENNIG____13th Century AD____BISHOP OF REGENSBURG

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FRASCATIUS ANCIENTS
A BEAUTIFUL SILVER PFENNIG OF ALBERT I OF PIETENGAU OF REGENSBURG, BAVARIA FROM 1240 - 1260 AD .
Bishopric of Regensburg
The reverse is obliterated due to the striking process. The reverse is struck first, and then the coin is turned over and the obverse is struck. In the process of striking the obverse, the reverse is usually badly damaged (specimens with strong reverses do not exist)
THE SIZE IS 19.2 MM AND 0.95 GRAMS.
Emm# 234, Witt# 45, Bonh# 1962
OBVERSE – Episcopal portrait with Mitra bicornis, the right hand raised to bless, holding the pedum in the left
REVERSE – Seated Peter with tonsure, the key in the right hand, a fish in the left hand
ALBERT I OF PIETENGAU
Albert I Count of Pietengau was Bishop of Regensburg from 1240 to 1260. Albert's father was Count Gottfried von Sigmaringen-Helfenstein and his mother was Adelheid von Neuffen, daughter of Count Berthold I. Albert enjoyed a canon at Halberstadt when, in 1246, the Cardinal Legate, Philip of Ferrara, surrendered the suffrage of the cathedral chapter to the Regensburg chair.
BISHOPS OF REGENSBURG
In the late Middle Ages, the Regensburg bishops often emerged from the Bavarian aristocratic families. The neighboring Bavarian dukes and count palatine from the house of Wittelsbach also dominated at times . After secularization , the bishopric was also open to bourgeois clergy, who were called the staff nobility in a transitional phase in Bavaria.
The Regensburg Canons and the Regensburg Auxiliary Bishops carried out other important religious tasks . There are also connections to the neighboring bishops of Freising , the bishops of Passau and the bishops of Augsburg . The religious center is the Regensburg Cathedral .
With the adoption of coats of arms for noble families with a permanent family name based on an ancestral castle, an individual coat of arms was also created for the prince-bishops. The coats of arms of the bishops have been increased over the centuries , which means that they usually contain the original family coat of arms and the coat of arms of the diocese of Regensburg.
MEDIEVAL REGENSBURG
In 1245 Regensburg became a Free Imperial City and was a trade centre before the shifting of trade routes in the late Middle Ages. In 1486, Regensburg became part of the Duchy of Bavaria, but its independence was restored by the Holy Roman Emperor ten years later. The first Diet of Regensburg took place in 1541. The city adopted the Protestant Reformation in 1542 and its Town Council remained entirely Lutheran.
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