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Denier Bracteate - Burghardt of Woldenberg
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Magdeburg |
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| Year | 1232-1235 |
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| Value | 1 Denier |
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| Obverse description | Within a beaded or raised circular border, the standing frontal effigy of the archbishop, vested in full pontifical robes, flanked on either side by a cupola tower with a short ledge at its base. The archbishop wears the infula bicornis (two-horned miter) and holds a processional cross-staff in his right hand turned outward, while his left hand grasps a patriarchal or pastoral cross. The composition is characteristic of early 13th-century North German bracteate coinage, with bold, slightly stylized relief typical of the Magdeburg episcopal series. |
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| Reverse description | Blank, as is standard for a bracteate coin struck from a single die on a thin flan, producing an incuse mirror image on the reverse. |
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| Mint | Magdeburg |
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