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Denier Bracteate - Albert of Mecklenburg
| Issuer | Sweden |
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| Year | 1364-1389 |
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| Value | 1 Denier (Penning) |
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| Obverse description | A schematically rendered crowned facing effigy occupies the central field, enclosed within a raised solid inner ring that separates the design from the broad flat rim. The face is depicted en face in a highly stylised medieval manner, with the crown indicated by a simple projecting form at the top of the head. The overall composition is characteristic of late 14th-century Swedish bracteate coinage, struck on a thin, single-sided silver flan with correspondingly shallow relief. No legend is present. The irregular flan edge and the primitive engraving style are consistent with the small penning denominations issued during the reign of King Albert of Mecklenburg. |
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| Reverse description | As a bracteate, this coin was struck from a single die on a thin silver flan, producing an incuse mirror image on the reverse. The reverse therefore shows the negative impression of the obverse design: a recessed crowned facing head within a concave inner ring, with the broad flat rim correspondingly raised. No independent reverse design or legend is present, which is characteristic of all bracteate penningar of this period. |
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| Mintage | ND (1364-1389) |
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