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Denier Bracteate - Henry of Tanne
| Issuer | Bishopric of Constance |
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| Year | 1240 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Bracteate type depicting a frontal enthroned effigy of Bishop Heinrich von Tanne in full pontifical vestments, wearing a mitre and holding a crozier in the left hand and a book in the right hand. The figure is rendered in a characteristic Romanesque stylized manner, with hieratic frontality and flattened drapery folds typical of mid-thirteenth-century episcopal bracteate coinage. The central design is enclosed within a raised inner circle, itself surrounded by a beaded outer border. The abbreviated episcopal legend is distributed in the field around the enthroned figure. The thin silver flan and single-sided strike are consistent with the bracteate tradition of the Upper Rhine and Lake Constance region. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | HAINRIC-.EP-C |
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