Denier Bracteate - Henry I

The Plauen bailiwick operated under the Vögte of Weida, Gera, and Plauen — a Franconian ministerial family whose minting rights in this region were perpetually contested by the Wettin margraves pressing north from Meissen. Bracteates of this bailiwick are among the thinner-documented issues of the Vogtland, surviving in small numbers relative to the broader Thuringian bracteate tradition. The "Henry I" attribution itself consolidates output across a span of nearly six decades, a reminder of how imprecise the documentary record remains for minor Vogtlandic mints.