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Denier Bracteate - Conrad I
| Issuer | Margravate of Meissen |
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| Year | 1123-1156 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Full-length frontal effigy of Margrave Conrad I, depicted standing en face, clad in a conical helmet and plated mail armour. The figure holds a spear upright in the right hand and a sword in the left hand. A star and crescent moon appear in the right field. The legend encircles the figure along the coin's periphery in Romanesque lettering characteristic of early 12th-century Saxon bracteate coinage. |
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| Obverse lettering | +MARHIO CONRADVZ |
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Conrad I of Wettin consolidated Meissen's territorial position during a period of sustained conflict with neighboring Saxon lords, and bracteate production under his rule reflects the broader shift away from two-sided pfennig coinage that swept through central German minting in the first half of the twelfth century. These thin, single-sided strike pieces were technically easier to produce in quantity but punishingly fragile — the type survives poorly, and even lightly circulated examples typically show stress fractures radiating from the center.