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Denier Bracteate - Adelgot of Veltheim
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Magdeburg |
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| Year | 1107-1119 |
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| Obverse description | Frontal bust of the archbishop in high relief, rendered in a schematic Romanesque style characteristic of early 12th-century German bracteates. The effigy displays a stylized head with prominent circular eyes set within a rounded nimbus or mitre-like headdress. Flanking the bust are two processional crosses or sceptre-like attributes, with small star or pellet ornaments scattered throughout the field. The entire design is enclosed within a beaded inner circle, beyond which fragments of a Latin legend are visible around the periphery. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | As a bracteate, this coin is struck from a single die on a thin flan, producing a incuse mirror-image impression on the reverse corresponding to the obverse design. The reverse therefore shows the incuse negative relief of the archbishop's bust and flanking attributes, with no independent design or legend of its own. |
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