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Denier Bracteate - Frederick II Ulm
| Issuer | Holy Roman Empire |
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| Year | 1220-1250 |
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| Currency | Denier (843-1385) |
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| Reverse description | As a bracteate, this coin was struck on a single thin flan; the reverse presents the incuse mirror image of the obverse design, showing the enthroned figure and surrounding border ornaments in intaglio relief. No independent reverse design or legend is present, which is entirely typical of the south German Hohlpfennig and bracteate tradition of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. |
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| Mint | Ulm |
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Frederick II's Ulm issues fall within the period when he was simultaneously consolidating imperial authority in Germany and managing his complicated relationship with the papacy — excommunicated twice, yet the man who negotiated the return of Jerusalem through diplomacy rather than crusade. Bracteates from Ulm during his reign are among the thinnest and most fragile survivals in medieval German numismatics, struck on foil-weight flans that were never meant to last.