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1 Pfennig - Herman I
| Issuer | Henneberg, County of |
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| Year | 1245-1290 |
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| Reference(s) | Grasser#1b |
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| Reverse description | As a bracteate, the reverse displays the incuse mirror image of the obverse design, showing the negative impression of the frontal face and surrounding pellet border pressed into the thin silver flan. The surface is plain and undecorated aside from the incuse relief, typical of single-sided hammered bracteate coinage of medieval Germany. |
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| Edge | Plain, irregular |
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Hermann I ruled Henneberg from 1224 until his death in 1290, presiding over a county whose minting activity reflected the fragmented monetary reality of the medieval Thuringian-Franconian borderlands. Small bracteate-style pfennigs of this type circulated in a region where dozens of competing ecclesiastical and secular lords each exercised independent coining rights, making interregional commerce a constant exercise in exchange and discount. Grasser's attribution of this specific die variety as #1b distinguishes it from the closely related #1a, differences subtle enough that misattribution in older collections remains common.