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Denier Bracteate - Frederick II Ravensburg mint
| Issuer | Holy Roman Empire |
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| Year | 1240 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Blank incuse impression, typical of bracteate coinage produced by striking a single die through a thin silver flan, resulting in a mirror-image intaglio on the reverse corresponding to the obverse relief design. The surface is unmarked and uninscribed. |
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| Mint | Ravensburg Mint |
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Frederick II spent much of the 1230s and early 1240s locked in escalating conflict with Pope Gregory IX, who excommunicated him twice — once in 1227 and again in 1239. The Ravensburg mint operated under imperial control in Swabia, a region Frederick worked hard to consolidate as a personal power base against both papal pressure and rebellious German princes. Bracteate production at minor imperial mints during this period was erratic, and surviving examples from Ravensburg are considerably scarcer than those from the larger Swabian centers.