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Denier Bracteate - Christian of Buch
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Mainz |
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| Year | 1167-1183 |
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| Value | 1 Denier (Pfennig) |
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| Obverse description | Archbishop enthroned facing, depicted in full pontifical vestments, holding a crozier in his left hand and raising his right hand in the gesture of benediction. The effigy is rendered in the flat, single-sided bracteate technique characteristic of 12th-century German ecclesiastical coinage, with the figure occupying the full field of the flan. The throne is indicated by stylized architectural or decorative elements flanking the seated figure. The design is attributed to Archbishop Christian I of Buch during his tenure over the See of Mainz. |
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| Reverse description | Blank, as is characteristic of bracteate coinage, which is struck on a single thin flan producing only an incuse mirror image on the reverse with no independent design. |
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| Mintage | ND (1167-1183) |
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