Bracteates of this period were struck across dozens of small ecclesiastical and secular lordships simultaneously, each mint operating under its own authority with no centralized die production. The extreme thinness — a technical necessity of the single-punch striking method — means surviving examples almost always show some degree of cracking or peripheral loss, and those that don't are genuinely unusual.
Bracteates of this period were struck across dozens of small ecclesiastical and secular lordships simultaneously, each mint operating under its own authority with no centralized die production. The extreme thinness — a technical necessity of the single-punch striking method — means surviving examples almost always show some degree of cracking or peripheral loss, and those that don't are genuinely unusual.