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Denier Bracteate - Elisabeth of Bayern
| Issuer | Elisabeth of Bavaria |
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| Year | 1254-1258 |
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| Value | 1 Denier |
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| Reverse description | As a bracteate, this coin has no true reverse; the back presents only the incuse mirror image of the obverse design, a hallmark of the single-sheet hammered bracteate technique employed throughout the 13th-century Holy Roman Empire. The surface shows the characteristic slight irregularity and thinness of the flan, with the impressed contours of the crowned figure and flanking branches visible in intaglio. No inscription or additional design elements appear on the reverse. |
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| Mintage | ND (1254-1258) |
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Elisabeth of Bavaria served as regent of Thuringia following the death of her husband Heinrich Raspe IV in 1247, governing during a contested interregnum that saw rival claimants press hard against Thuringian territory. Her coinage authority was itself a political statement during this instability. The bracteate format — a single-sided uniface struck on a thin flan — was the dominant currency technology of central German territories throughout the thirteenth century, and Thuringia was among its most prolific producers.
The four-year window of this issue corresponds to her active regency before Thuringia passed to the Wettin dynasty.