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Denier Bracteate
| Issuer | Brunswick-Luneburg |
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| Year | 1366-1378 |
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| Weight | 0.48 g |
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| Reverse description | Incuse mirror image of the obverse design, as is inherent to the bracteate technique whereby the single obverse die produces a negative impression on the reverse of the thin silver flan. The heraldic lion and associated geometric elements are visible in intaglio, with the cupped profile of the flan clearly apparent. The surface retains traces of original silver luster alongside areas of light patination and minor environmental deposits consistent with medieval burial or long-term soil exposure. |
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| Mintage | ND (1366-1378) |
| Additional information |
Brunswick-Lüneburg in the 1360s and 70s was a duchy fractured among competing Welf lines, and the bracteate coinage of this period reflects that fragmentation directly — multiple overlapping issues, shared types across branches, and attribution disputes that survive into modern scholarship. Denicke's catalog remains the primary reference precisely because the documentary record is so thin.
Bracteates of this weight class were effectively local small change, valid within tight geographic boundaries and frequently demonetized at the next dynastic shift.