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Denier Bracteate
| Issuer | Brunswick-Luneburg |
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| Year | 1296-1498 |
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| Value | 1 Denier |
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| Obverse description | Single-sided bracteate struck in thin silver sheet, displaying a stylized lion passant or sejant rendered in high relief at center, characteristic of the Brunswick heraldic tradition. The leonine figure is depicted with a prominent mane rendered as a series of sinuous, interlocking curls in a decorative late-medieval style. The body of the beast is shown in a seated or crouching posture with forepaws visible below, set against a plain recessed field. The design is contained within a plain inner circle border, itself surrounded by a slightly raised beaded or plain rim. The overall execution is typical of the regional bracteate coinage of the duchy of Brunswick-Lüneburg, combining heraldic symbolism with the characteristic thinness and single-impression technique of this coin type. |
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| Reverse description | As a bracteate, this coin was struck from a single die on a thin silver flan, producing an incuse mirror image on the reverse corresponding to the obverse relief design. The reverse therefore shows the negative impression of the lion motif, with no independent design, inscription, or decorative elements. The surface is characteristically concave and unmarked, consistent with standard bracteate production technique of the medieval Lower Saxon minting tradition. |
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| Mintage | ND (1296-1498) |
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