Denier Bracteate

Beschrijving voorzijde	Thin silver bracteate struck in relief on one side only. A large stylized deer antler with two curved tines dominates the upper portion of the field, serving as the heraldic emblem of the Counts of Regenstein. Beneath the antler, a small star or rosette occupies the center of the composition, flanked below by two squat towers rendered in a simplified Romanesque manner. The flan is irregular and slightly cracked at the edges, typical of bracteate production technique.
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Aanvullende informatie	Regenstein was a minor Harz comital dynasty whose minting rights derived from imperial grant, likely in the twelfth century, though the precise privilege documentation is fragmentary. Bracteates of this region circulated within a remarkably confined monetary zone — the Harz and its immediate foothills — where thin single-sided silver served local market exchange rather than long-distance trade. At 0.48g, this falls toward the lighter end of Harz bracteate production, consistent with progressive weight reduction seen across the region's issues through the thirteenth century.