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Denier Bracteate - Conrad I of Wittelsbach
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Mainz |
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| Year | 1183-1200 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Bracteate type struck in thin silver, depicting two facing ecclesiastical figures seated or kneeling in frontal pose, separated by a large pastoral staff (crozier) placed centrally between them. The figure to the left appears in episcopal vestments with raised hand in a gesture of blessing, while the figure to the right is similarly robed and mitred. A small architectural or decorative element is visible at the base of the composition. The entire design is enclosed within a beaded inner border, with a partial legend running along the periphery in Latin characters. The style is characteristic of late Romanesque German ecclesiastical coinage. |
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| Reverse description | As a bracteate, the reverse presents the incuse mirror image of the obverse design, displaying the negative impression of the two ecclesiastical figures flanking the central crozier. The thin hammered silver flan produces a raised outline on the reverse corresponding to the recessed areas of the obverse, typical of the bracteate technique practiced in the Rhineland and Central Germany during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. No additional inscriptions or design elements are independently present on the reverse. |
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| Mint | Mainz Mint |
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