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Denier Bracteate - Henry II
| Issuer | Hessen, Landgraviate of |
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| Year | 1328-1376 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Blank, as is standard for bracteate coinage, which is struck on a single thin flan producing only an incuse mirror image on the reverse with no intended design. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Henry II of Hessen ruled from 1328 until his death in 1376, a tenure long enough to produce considerable coinage but turbulent enough — marked by dynastic disputes with neighboring territories and involvement in the conflicts of the mid-14th century Holy Roman Empire — that precise dating within the reign is rarely possible for bracteate issues of this type. The Schütz II reference places this among a well-documented sequence, but individual pieces remain difficult to assign to a specific decade.
Bracteate production in Hessen at this period was already an archaic choice; most German territories had moved toward thicker, double-sided pfennig coinage by the mid-14th century. Hessen's persistence with the single-sided struck form reflects conservative regional minting tradition rather than any technical limitation.