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Denier Bracteate - Gero of Schermke
| Issuer | Bishopric of Halberstadt |
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| Year | 1160-1177 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Gero of Schermke served as Bishop of Halberstadt from 1160 until his death in 1177, a tenure marked by ongoing friction with Henry the Lion, Duke of Saxony, whose territorial ambitions repeatedly encroached on episcopal holdings in the region. Bracteates from this episcopate were struck as part of the broader Saxon thin-flan coinage tradition that dominated northern German ecclesiastical minting through the twelfth century.
The Berger and Bonhomme references both treat this type as genuinely scarce — not a coin that survived in hoards with any frequency.