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Denier Bracteate - Elisabeth of Bayern
| Issuer | Elisabeth of Bavaria |
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| Year | 1254-1258 |
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| Weight | 0.63 g |
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| Obverse description | Struck as a thin single-sided bracteate, the obverse presents a frontal effigy of a crowned female figure — identified as Elisabeth of Bavaria — shown to the waist within a beaded inner border. The figure wears a prominent crown and is depicted with a stylized, schematic face featuring large rounded eyes. Both arms are raised outward, each hand clasping a palm frond or foliate branch, a common heraldic attribute on 13th-century German bracteates. The design is rendered in bold relief characteristic of the Hohenstaufen-era bracteate tradition, with the surrounding field framed by a scalloped or lobed outer rim. No legend is present; the identification relies entirely on the iconographic program and associated catalogue references. |
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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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