Denier Bracteate - Adelgot of Veltheim

Adelgot was appointed Archbishop of Magdeburg in 1107 with strong backing from Emperor Henry V, part of the ongoing Investiture Controversy that had paralyzed the German church for decades. He died in 1119 on crusade in the Holy Land, making his episcopate one defined almost entirely by imperial politics and armed conflict rather than administration. Bracteates from Magdeburg at this period were struck on exceptionally thin flans, and survival in any condition is uncommon — the diocese's output from this reign is sparsely documented even in major Germanic collections.