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Denier Bracteate - Gerhard I of Wildeshausen
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Bremen |
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| Year | 1210-1219 |
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| Value | 1 Denier |
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| Obverse description | Frontal bust of Archbishop Gerhard I of Wildeshausen in pontifical vestments, depicted in high relief characteristic of the bracteate technique. The figure wears a mitre and is shown facing forward, holding a crozier (pastoral staff) in the left field and what appears to be a processional cross or sceptre in the right field. The archbishop's face is rendered in a stylized Romanesque manner with linear detailing on the vestments. The design is surrounded by a beaded or cable inner border, with a plain outer rim, the entire composition occupying the full flan in the single-sided bracteate tradition. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | As a bracteate, this coin is uniface; the reverse displays only the incuse mirror image of the obverse design, with no independent design or legend, characteristic of the thin single-sided hammered bracteate coinage produced in northern Germany during the early thirteenth century. |
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