Denier Bracteate - Conrad III von Malkes

Conrad III von Malkes served as Abbot of Fulda from 1221 to 1249, presiding during a period when the abbey's political position was increasingly strained between imperial authority and the ambitions of neighboring secular lords. Fulda's mint rights, originally granted by Carolingian privilege, were repeatedly contested during this period, making the issuance of bracteates like this one as much a political assertion as a practical currency.

Berger 2289 is among the thinner-documented types in the Fulda bracteate sequence — surviving examples are scarce enough that die linkage studies remain incomplete.