Denier Bracteate - Henry

The Margravate of Meissen produced bracteates in quantity during the thirteenth century as part of the broader Central European shift toward thin single-sided coinage — a minting practice that allowed faster production but created coins so fragile that many surviving specimens show stress fractures along the edges. The "Henry" designation here almost certainly refers to Heinrich the Illustrious, who became Margrave in 1221 and presided over a period of aggressive territorial expansion financed in part by the silver mines of the Erzgebirge.

Schwink 532a is among the more precisely catalogued of Meissen's bracteate types. Die alignment on bracteates is largely irrelevant by definition, but flan quality varies considerably within this type.