Denier Bracteate - Albert I

Albert I ruled Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel during a period of acute political fragmentation in the Guelf territories, following the 1267 partition that divided the duchy among competing branches of the family. The bracteate format — struck on a single thin flan from one die, leaving a mirror impression on the reverse — was the dominant coinage technology across northern Germany and the Baltic through much of the thirteenth century, a regional peculiarity that persisted well after double-sided striking had become standard elsewhere in Europe.

The Denicke 173 attribution places this firmly within the established Brunswick bracteate sequence, cross-referenced by Berger and Bonhoff against die studies conducted on surviving hoards.