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Denier bractéate - Gertrude et roi Frédéric I
| Issuer | Women's Abbey of Eschwege |
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| Year | 1188 |
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| Weight | 0.83 g |
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| Obverse description | Single-sided bracteate depicting a crowned, enthroned frontal figure — identified as Abbess Gertrude — shown in full length with elaborate drapery and regalia. The figure holds a patriarchal or processional cross in the right hand and an orb or scepter-like object in the left, flanked by architectural elements or columns suggesting a church or abbey setting. A second, smaller crowned figure to the right is interpreted as King Frederick I, rendered in lower relief. The design is executed in the characteristic high-relief thin-flan bracteate style of 12th-century German ecclesiastical coinage. A beaded inner border surrounds the composition, with the Latin legend distributed around the periphery of the flan. |
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| Obverse lettering | ABBATISSA GERDRV IN ESKEN |
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| Mintage | 1188: ND (1188) |
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