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Denier Bracteate - Henry the Lion
| Issuer | Saxony, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1142-1180 |
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| Reference(s) | Welter#13b, Berger#589, Denicke#13a |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Henry the Lion ruled Saxony and Bavaria simultaneously for decades before his catastrophic falling-out with Frederick Barbarossa led to his exile in 1180 — the very year this type ceases. The bracteate coinage of his reign was produced at Brunswick and represents one of the earliest extensive bracteate series from a German territorial lord, predating the Thuringian and Meissen issues that would later dominate the form.
Welter 13b and Denicke 13a designate subtly different die states; collectors should note that Berger's numbering does not always align cleanly with Welter's, and the two catalogues occasionally assign the same physical coin type to different reference numbers.