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Denier Bracteate - Adelhog of Dorstadt
| Issuer | Bishopric of Hildesheim |
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| Year | 1170-1190 |
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| Weight | 0.81 g |
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| Obverse description | Frontal enthroned effigy of Bishop Adelhog, vested in pontifical robes rendered with stylized V-shaped drapery folds characteristic of Romanesque bracteate art, seated facing between two architectural towers. In his left hand he raises a crozier with a voluted head, while his right hand holds a book (the Gospels). The bishop wears a mitre and a pectoral ornament is indicated at his chest. The composition is enclosed within a plain inner circle, surrounded by a beaded outer border, with traces of a Latin legend in the outer field. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Blank, as is characteristic of bracteate coinage, which is struck on a single thin flan producing only an incuse mirror image on the reverse. |
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