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Denier Bracteate - Adelhog of Dorstadt
| Issuer | Bishopric of Hildesheim |
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| Year | 1170-1190 |
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| Obverse description | Bracteate type struck in high relief on a thin silver flan. A bishop, identified as Adelhog of Dorstadt, is depicted enthroned and facing, rendered in Romanesque style. He is seated within a trefoil arch flanked by two towers, suggesting an architectural or ecclesiastical framework. In his right hand he holds a crozier, and in his left a cross-staff, both emblematic of episcopal authority. The design occupies the full field of the uniface striking, with no inscription present. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Adelhog served as Bishop of Hildesheim from 1171 to 1190, a tenure marked by active engagement in the political turbulence between Henry the Lion and Frederick Barbarossa — the bishop ultimately siding with imperial interests as Henry's power collapsed after 1180. Bracteates of this diocese are among the thinner and more technically demanding products of the Lower Saxon minting tradition, struck on a single face from foil-thin planchets that required considerable die skill to render legible without tearing the flan.