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Denier anonymous
| Issuer | Brandenburg, Margraviate of |
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| Year | 1351-1373 |
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| Value | 1 Denier |
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| Obverse description | A standing frontal figure, rendered in a crude medieval style characteristic of hammered bracteate-influenced pfennigs, holding an upward-extending branch in each raised hand. The figure occupies the central field with no legend. The die work is bold but irregular, consistent with mid-14th century Brandenburg minor coinage. |
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| Reverse description | A cross-like ornamental motif composed of trefoil-ended arms alternating with small pellets, forming a stylized six-pointed star or rosette of Gothic foliage design. The arrangement of leaves and floral elements radiates symmetrically from a central pellet cluster, enclosed within a plain inner circle. No legend is present; the design fills the field in a decorative, heraldic manner typical of anonymous Brandenburg pfennigs of the mid-14th century. |
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The anonymous deniers of mid-14th century Brandenburg emerge from one of the more turbulent succession crises in the region's history. Following the extinction of the Ascanian line in 1320, Brandenburg passed through Wittelsbach and then Luxemburg hands before Charles IV — simultaneously Holy Roman Emperor — consolidated control in 1373. The anonymity of these coins almost certainly reflects deliberate ambiguity during a period when margravial authority was contested or transitional, a minting policy that conveniently avoided committing a name to metal.