Catalog
Denier Bracteate - Albert / Nikolaus No dots
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Riga |
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| Year | 1198-1253 |
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| Value | 1 Hohlpfennig |
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| Obverse description | Facing stylized human head or effigy rendered in primitive relief, flanked on the left by a cross and on the right by a lumpy or irregular star, with no pellets or dots above the central motif. A crescent or arc device appears above the head, and below the effigy a row of wavy lines or foliate elements fills the lower field. The entire design is contained within a plain inner border, characteristic of early medieval Baltic bracteate coinage. The workmanship is archaic and schematic, consistent with 13th-century ecclesiastical minting practice in Livonia. |
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| Reverse description | Uniface bracteate; the reverse displays the incuse mirror-image impression of the obverse design, as is characteristic of the bracteate (Hohlpfennig) technique whereby a single die strikes a thin flan producing an indented reverse. No independent design, inscription, or device is present on the reverse. |
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| Mintage | ND (1198-1253) |
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