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Denier Bracteate - Diethelm of Krenkingen
| Issuer | Abbey of Reichenau |
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| Year | 1190-1200 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | Two fish depicted in opposite orientations within an inner circle: the upper fish facing right and the lower fish facing left, their bodies arranged in a heraldic opposed manner. Three six-pointed stars are placed symmetrically in the field — one in the center between the fish, one above, and one below. A circular legend in Latin script surrounds the central design, reading along the outer border of the coin. The overall style is characteristic of late 12th-century South German bracteate coinage, with bold, slightly primitive relief typical of abbey-issued issues from the Upper Rhine region. |
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| Reverse description | Blank, as is standard for a bracteate coin, which is struck on a thin flan from a single die, leaving the reverse as an incuse mirror image of the obverse design rather than a separate relief type. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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