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Denier Bracteate - Frederick II Lindau mint
| Issuer | Holy Roman Empire |
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| Year | 1250 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | As a bracteate, this coin is struck from a single die on a thin flan, producing an incuse mirror-image impression on the reverse corresponding to the obverse design. The reverse therefore shows the negative relief of the crowned frontal head and flanking foliate branches, with the beaded border visible in incuse form. No additional design elements or inscriptions are present on the reverse. |
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| Mint | Lindau Mint |
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Frederick II died in December 1250, making coins attributed to his final year among the most debated in German medieval numismatics — scholars still dispute whether many "1250" attributions reflect actual issue dates or retrospective die assignments. The Lindau mint, operating under imperial authority on Lake Constance, produced bracteates of exceptional thinness even by the standards of the type, which routinely causes stress fractures along the flan edges in surviving examples.