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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;seth77, post: 3936738, member: 56653&quot;]Hi, I know of this type, as it is one of the more popular German coinages and has been used by prelates and secular lords alike in the 12th and 13th century, but am not at all familiar with its intricacies and just now dwell on it based on your very interesting questions.</p><p><br /></p><p>At a first glance you&#039;d be tempted to see an outward view of a romanesque church facade, like think for instance the Saint-Pierre d&#039;Angouleme behind the city walls in 1130:[ATTACH=full]1037716[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>But an interior structure might also be likely now that you mention it (although not sure about a baptisterium) -- an aedicula like the one in the apse of the old San Pietro basilica:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1037725[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>or a similar structure to the one in the second basilica of San Clemente al Laterano, from around 1100-1200:[ATTACH=full]1037726[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The &quot;walls&quot; are in this case the cancelli panels, inspired by the earlier Roman basilicas, where they were used to separate the aisles from the nave and the chancel/presbytery.</p><p><br /></p><p>If it was meant to represent the inside of a specific church or cathedral, there is also at least one analogy from a rather scarce pougeoise of Antioch, minted cca. 1140 during the reign of Raymond de Poitiers:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1037732[/ATTACH]</p><p>depicting a possible altar of the Crusader period in Saint Peter&#039;s Cathedral of Antioch. The representation is much more schematic in nature but the actual structure could very likely be similar to the one presented on your pfennige.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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