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Denier Bracteate - Henry I
| Issuer | Hessen, Landgraviate of |
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| Year | 1263-1308 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | ND (1263-1308) |
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Heinrich I of Hessen ruled during a period when bracteates — those wafer-thin, single-sided coins produced by striking a single die through a blank thin enough to take the impression on both faces as a mirror image — dominated central German coinage. The type persisted in Hessen long after richer territories had abandoned it, partly because the Landgraves lacked the silver resources to sustain heavier issues and partly because local market custom resisted change.
The 45-year span of this emission reflects administrative continuity rather than a single mint decision — successive issues were simply not differentiated in contemporary record-keeping.