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| Issuer | Bishopric of Hildesheim |
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| Year | 1221-1246 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Blank, as is characteristic of bracteate coinage, which by nature bears a design on one side only; the reverse presents the incuse mirror impression of the obverse design pressed through the thin silver flan. |
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Conrad II of Hildesheim held the see from 1221 to 1246, a tenure marked by persistent conflict with the Welfen dukes over jurisdictional rights in Lower Saxony. Bracteates of this diocese are notoriously thin-flan issues, and the Hildesheim series in particular shows significant variation in die execution across the episcopate — Löbbecke's classification alone distinguishes multiple subtypes within what catalogers once lumped as a single issue.