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Denier Bracteate - Hartmann of Dillingen
| Issuer | Bishopric of Augsburg |
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| Year | 1250-1286 |
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| Technique | Hammered (bracteate) |
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| Reverse description | As a bracteate, this coin is struck from a single die on a thin silver flan, producing an incuse mirror image of the obverse design on the reverse. The reverse therefore shows the same episcopal bust in concave, incuse relief, with the mitre, flanking scroll ornaments, and extended arms visible in negative form. The surface retains the characteristic shallow, dished appearance of the bracteate fabric. No separate reverse design or legend is present. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Hartmann of Dillingen served as Bishop of Augsburg from 1248 until his death in 1286, a tenure notable for his persistent conflicts with the city of Augsburg itself — a struggle between episcopal authority and an increasingly assertive burghers' commune that would define the bishopric's finances and minting activity throughout his rule. Bracteates of this type circulated primarily within the diocese and surrounding Swabian territories, where single-sided thin-flan coinage remained the dominant small denomination long after double-sided striking had taken hold elsewhere in the German lands.