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Denier Bracteate
| Issuer | Schwerin, Bishopric of |
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| Year | 1200-1299 |
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| Weight | 0.42 g |
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| Obverse description | Thin silver bracteate struck on a single die, displaying a processional cross or church banner standard alongside a crozier, both rendered in low relief within a plain inner circle. The ecclesiastical symbols — emblematic of the Bishop of Schwerin's spiritual and temporal authority — are depicted in a schematic, abstracted style typical of North German bracteate coinage of the 13th century. The field surrounding the devices is plain, with the characteristic shallow, uniface relief of bracteate technique. The flan edges are irregular, as is common for hammered bracteates of this period. |
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| Mintage | ND (1200-1299) |
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The Bishopric of Schwerin was carved out of the Diocese of Oldenburg in 1062 and spent much of the 13th century entangled in territorial disputes with the neighboring counts of Schwerin — the secular lords who shared the city's name but not its ecclesiastical allegiances. Bracteates of this region and period are structurally fragile; struck from a single die onto a thin silver blank with no reverse support, they survive intact at a rate that makes even circulated examples genuinely scarce.