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Denier Bracteate - Hartwig II of Hirnheim
| Issuer | Bishopric of Augsburg |
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| Year | 1202-1208 |
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| Obverse description | Two adjacent forward-facing lions positioned above an arch structure, with a facing episcopal bust rendered in the central arch; small rings flank the bust to either side. A broad raised outer border frames the design, decorated with six lobed arches each enclosing a star, alternating with six fleurs-de-lis in the interspaces. The composition is characteristic of Swabian bracteate coinage of the early thirteenth century, with bold, deeply impressed relief typical of the hammered bracteate technique. |
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| Mint | Augsburg |
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Hartwig II served as Bishop of Augsburg from 1202 to 1208, a tenure bracketed by the broader struggle between Philip of Swabia and Otto IV for the imperial throne — a conflict that gave regional ecclesiastical lords unusual latitude to assert their own coinage rights. Bracteates of this type were struck on extremely thin flans, making intact survivors with full strikes genuinely uncommon. Steinh#63 is among the thinner series attributed to the Augsburg episcopal mint during this period.