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Denier Bracteate - Eberhard II of Waldburg-Thann
| Issuer | Bishopric of Constance |
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| Year | 1250-1270 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Facing bust of a bishop in full frontal view, rendered in the thin-relief bracteate style typical of 13th-century southern German ecclesiastical coinage. The figure extends the right hand in a benediction gesture while the left hand holds an upright cross-staff or pastoral cross. The bishop is depicted in vestments, with the composition filling the broadly circular, irregularly shaped flan characteristic of the period. |
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| Mintage | ND (1250-1270) |
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Eberhard II served as Bishop of Constance from 1248 to 1274, a tenure marked by persistent friction with the Hohenstaufen imperial administration and, after 1268, the political vacuum left by the dynasty's collapse. These thin-flan bracteates were the dominant small-change currency across the Upper Swabian and Lake Constance regions throughout the mid-thirteenth century, struck with a single die pressing through to produce a mirror image on the reverse — a technique that kept production costs minimal but left the coins extraordinarily fragile.
At 0.39g, this piece sits at the lower end of surviving bracteate weights, consistent with the progressive weight reduction documented across Constance issues during the 1260s.