Denier Bracteate - Henry I

Henry I of Hildesheim governed the diocese during a period when the Welfen-Staufen conflict had largely burned itself out, leaving northern German ecclesiastical lords with unusual room to consolidate local coinage rights. Bracteates from Hildesheim in this decade are notably thin even by the standard of the type, which makes die-splits and peripheral cracking a recurring problem — not a strike deficiency, but a structural consequence of the hammering process on such fine flans. Berger 1125 is among the better-documented attributions for the series.