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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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| Obverse description | Agnus Dei (Lamb of God) depicted in profile facing left with head turned back to the right, rendered in low relief within a plain inner circle. The lamb is shown in a recumbent or striding posture, with a cross-staff rising to the right. The design is enclosed within a raised beaded or plain border forming a wide outer rim, characteristic of the thin-flan bracteate technique. The overall composition is typical of 13th-century episcopal coinage from the Bishopric of Bamberg, with the Agnus Dei serving as a devotional and ecclesiastical symbol of the issuing authority. |
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| Mintage | ND (1258-1285) |
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Berthold von Leiningen served as Bishop of Bamberg from 1257 until his death in 1285, a tenure marked by persistent conflict with the Hohenzollern burgraves of Nuremberg over territorial jurisdiction in Franconia. These thin, single-sided bracteates were the dominant small-change denomination in central German ecclesiastical territories through the thirteenth century — their extreme thinness a direct consequence of the hammering technique used, which precluded meaningful reverse design. The Griffen type is catalogued distinctly within the CNA sequence, suggesting sufficient die variation or typological difference to warrant separation from other Berthold issues.