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Denier Bracteate - Beatrice I Gelnhausen
| Issuer | Holy Roman Empire |
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| Year | 1170-1180 |
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| Weight | 0.73 g |
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| Obverse description | Enthroned effigy of Empress Beatrice I facing, shown half-length or to the waist, wearing a crown and draped imperial robes with beaded ornamentation along the center. In her right hand she holds a fleur-de-lis scepter, while her left hand is raised in a gesture of authority or blessing. The figure is rendered in the Romanesque style typical of 12th-century German bracteates, with stylized facial features and drapery folds indicated by incised lines. A circular legend in Latin characters runs around the periphery of the field, partially legible, enclosed within a beaded inner border and a plain outer rim. |
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| Reverse description | Blank, as is characteristic of bracteate coinage, which is struck on a single thin flan from one die only, leaving the reverse as an uninscribed, featureless concave surface mirroring the relief of the obverse. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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