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Denier Bracteate - Frederick I Altenburg
| Issuer | Holy Roman Empire |
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| Year | 1152-1190 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Blank incuse impression, characteristic of bracteate manufacture, showing the sunken mirror image of the obverse design formed during the single-die striking process on the thin silver flan. |
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| Mint | Altenburg |
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Frederick I — Barbarossa — held the imperial title for nearly four decades, but bracteate production under his name varied dramatically by mint location, and the Altenburg issues occupy a distinct regional tradition tied to the Pleißenland, an imperial territory administered directly by the crown rather than through a vassal prince. That administrative quirk meant Altenburg's mint answered to the emperor personally, giving these thin, single-sided strikes an unusually direct imperial authorization rare among contemporaneous German bracteates.