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Denier Bracteate
| Issuer | Brandenburg, Margraviate of |
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| Year | 1250-1299 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Displayed eagle with spread wings facing right, rendered in low relief in the characteristic bracteate style within a beaded inner circle. The eagle's head is turned to the right, with wings fanning outward symmetrically. Beneath the eagle, two crossed or juxtaposed keys are visible in the lower field. The design occupies the full flan within a plain raised rim, typical of thin-flan bracteate coinage of the Brandenburg Margraviate. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Brandenburg's bracteate deniers of this period emerged from a minting tradition that swept across the German-speaking lands in the 12th and 13th centuries, where single-sided fabric proved cheaper to produce and easier to stamp with the shallow dies typical of minor territorial workshops. The Ascanian margraves who governed Brandenburg through much of this half-century — including Johann I and Otto III, who partitioned the march between them in 1258 — each maintained separate minting rights, complicating attribution of undated pieces to a specific issuer within the dynasty.
At roughly 0.4g, these sat at the lowest practical threshold for silver coinage.