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.
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.