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Denier Bracteate - Beatrice I Gelnhausen
| Issuer | Holy Roman Empire |
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| Year | 1170-1180 |
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| Currency | Denier (843-1385) |
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| Obverse description | Facing female half-length effigy of Empress Beatrice I, depicted in regal attire, holding a lily scepter in her right hand and an orb in her left, rendered in the Romanesque bracteate style with characteristic thin-flan relief. Above the figure, a decorative arcade of arches is flanked by towers, evoking an architectural canopy symbolic of imperial authority. The design is struck in high relief on one side only, as is characteristic of the bracteate format, with the image appearing in intaglio on the reverse. The artistic treatment is typical of mid-Rhenish bracteate coinage of the Hohenstaufen period, with stylized linear drapery and hieratic frontal presentation. |
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| Reverse description | Uniface bracteate; the reverse is blank and shows the incuse mirror impression of the obverse design as a natural consequence of the thin-flan single-die striking technique. No devices, legends, or inscriptions are present on this side. |
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| Mint | Gelnhausen |
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