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Denier Bracteate - Henry of Harburg
| Uitgever | Archbishopric of Mainz |
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| Jaar | 1142-1153 |
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| Valuta | Denier |
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| Beschrijving voorzijde | Bust of Saint Martin shown in half-length facing front, depicted in episcopal vestments and holding a crozier in one hand and a book (bible) in the other, positioned above a stylized fortified wall flanked by two towers. The composition is rendered in the flat, single-sided relief characteristic of early medieval bracteate coinage, with the architectural elements serving as a symbolic reference to the city of Mainz. The figure is presented in a hieratic, frontal posture typical of Romanesque ecclesiastical numismatic iconography. |
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| Beschrijving keerzijde | Blank, as is standard for bracteate coinage of this period, where the design is struck on a single thin flan resulting in a mirror-image incuse impression on the reverse side with no independent design elements. |
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| Aanvullende informatie |
Henry of Harburg served as Archbishop of Mainz from 1142 until his death in 1153, a period marked by his close alignment with Conrad III and the Staufen cause during the prolonged struggle against the Welfs. Bracteates from Mainz in this period were struck on exceptionally thin flans — a technology still being refined in the mid-twelfth century — which makes undamaged survivors genuinely scarce. The Mainz mint was among the earliest in the German lands to adopt bracteate production at scale.