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Denier Bracteate - Gottfried VI
| Issuer | Ziegenhain, County of |
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| Year | 1272-1304 |
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| Value | 1 Denier |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Blank, as is characteristic of bracteate coinage, which is struck on a single thin flan from one die only, leaving the reverse as an incuse mirror impression of the obverse design with no independent design or legend. |
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Gottfried VI ruled Ziegenhain during a period when the thin, single-sided bracteate was already losing ground to the double-sided pfennig across much of the Holy Roman Empire — yet the county continued striking them, likely out of regional conservatism and the practical reality that bracteates were cheaper to produce per gram of silver. The type is documented by Berger but survives in small numbers, consistent with the low striking volume typical of minor Hessian lordships of the period.