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Bracteate Pfennig - Berthold von Leiningen Griffen
| Issuer | Bishopric of Bamberg (German States) |
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| Year | 1258-1285 |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Obverse description | Single-sided bracteate struck in thin silver, displaying a stylized griffin passant in the central field, rendered in bold relief characteristic of 13th-century German bracteate coinage. The griffin motif, heraldic emblem of the Bishop Berthold von Leiningen, is enclosed within a double beaded or linear inner circle, itself surrounded by a plain outer border following the irregular flan edge. The design is executed in a flat, schematic manner typical of Bamberg episcopal bracteates of the mid-to-late Hohenstaufen period, with the overall composition conveying ecclesiastical authority through heraldic imagery rather than figural portraiture. No legend is present on the obverse field. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (1258-1285) |
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