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Denier Bracteate
| Issuer | Kolberg, City of |
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| Year | 1250-1325 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Two crossed croziers in saltire arrangement, depicted in relief at the center of the field, enclosed within a plain inner circle border. The design is rendered in a simple, bold style characteristic of Pomeranian bracteate coinage of the late medieval period. The croziers cross at their shafts, with the curved volutes facing outward and upward. No legend or inscription is present. |
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| Reverse description | Blank incuse field, as typical of bracteate coinage struck from a single die on a thin flan, showing the mirrored negative impression of the obverse design in incuse relief. |
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Kolberg's bracteate issues from this period reflect the peculiar monetary fragmentation of Pomeranian towns operating largely outside the Hohenzollern and Ascanian spheres — local ecclesiastical and civic authorities struck thin silver pennies primarily to service regional market exchange, with little ambition beyond the immediate hinterland. The type recorded under Jesse 223 belongs to a transitional phase when Kolberg was consolidating municipal privileges granted under Lübeck law.
At 0.32 g, these pieces were struck on foils so thin that die pressure alone could crack the flan.