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Denier Bracteate - Elgerus III
| Issuer | Hohnstein, County of |
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| Year | 1200-1219 |
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| Value | 1 Denier |
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| Reverse description | Blank, as is typical of bracteate coinage, where the thin flan bears only the incuse mirror impression of the obverse design with no intentional reverse type. |
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| Mintage | ND (1200-1219) |
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Hohnstein, a small county in the Harz region, produced bracteates almost exclusively during the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries, when the thin single-sided silver coinage had become the dominant monetary form across much of Saxony and Thuringia. Elgerus III — sometimes rendered Elger or Elger von Honstein — ruled during a period of fragmented comital authority in the region, when ecclesiastical and secular lords competed fiercely for minting rights granted under imperial privilege.
Berger 2172 is among the rarer Hohnstein attributions in the bracteate series.