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Denier Bracteate - Henry the Lion
| Issuer | Duchy of Saxony |
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| Year | 1142-1180 |
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| Weight | 0.75 g |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | As a bracteate, this coin is struck from a single die on a thin silver flan, producing a mirror-image incuse impression on the reverse corresponding to the obverse design. The reverse therefore shows the enthroned ducal figure and flanking tower architecture in negative relief, as is standard for all bracteate coinage of this period. The thin fabric of the flan is visible, with the characteristic shallow, recessed forms of the incuse bracteate technique. No independent reverse design or legend is present, the entire reverse being wholly defined by the obverse strike showing through the flan. |
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| Mintage | ND (1142-1180) |
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