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1 Halbling - Otto
| Issuer | Hessen, Landgraviate of |
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| Year | 1308-1326 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Facing stylized head, rendered in low relief in the hammered bracteate tradition, centrally positioned within the coin's field. The face is depicted frontally with schematic features, surrounded by a beaded or pellet border forming a circular frame. Decorative foliate or tendril-like elements flank the head on either side, typical of the Hessian bracteate coinage of Landgrave Otto I. The overall design is characteristic of the small half-pfennig (Halbling) coinage of early 14th-century Marburg, exhibiting the crude but expressive die-cutting style of the period. |
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| Reverse description | As a bracteate-style Halbling, the reverse presents the incuse mirror image of the obverse design, showing the impressed negative of the facing head and surrounding decorative elements. The thin hammered flan produces a characteristic shallow relief on the reverse, with no independent design or legend. The plain edge and irregular flan shape are consistent with hand-struck minor coinage of the Landgraviate of Hessen in the early 14th century. |
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| Mintage | ND (1308-1326) |
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