Denier Bracteate

Dömitz, a small fortified town on the Elbe, gained limited minting rights in the latter half of the thirteenth century — one of dozens of minor north German municipal authorities briefly issuing bracteates as the thin-flan tradition spread inland from Saxony. These civic issues were rarely produced in quantity and circulated within narrow regional boundaries, which partly explains why so few survive in collectible condition. At 0.47 g, the flan is towards the lighter end even for bracteate production, where die alignment and metal flow were already difficult to control.