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Denier Bracteate - Henry I
| Issuer | Hessen, Landgraviate of |
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| Year | 1263-1308 |
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| Technique | Hammered (bracteate) |
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| Reverse description | Blank incuse field, as is characteristic of bracteate coinage, where the design of the obverse appears in mirror-image relief on the reverse due to the single-sided striking technique on a thin silver flan. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Henry I of Hessen ruled as the first independent Landgrave following the 1264 partition of Thuringia, which severed Hessen from its long subordination to the Ludowingian landgraves. These thin, single-sided bracteates were the dominant small-denomination silver coinage of central German territories throughout the 13th century — their fragility a direct consequence of the hammering technique applied to blanks too thin to carry a proper relief on both faces. Many examples from this reign are found creased or cracked, having survived in hoards rather than through prolonged handling.