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Denier Bracteate - Henry VIII
| Issuer | Weida, Bailiwick of |
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| Year | 1279-1320 |
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| Diameter | 43 mm |
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| Reverse description | Incuse mirror image of the obverse design, as is characteristic of all bracteate coinage produced from a single die struck on a thin silver flan. The reverse exhibits the sunken, reversed impression of the facing figure and flanking towers visible on the obverse, with no independent design or legend. The flan shows irregular edges and surface patination consistent with age and circulation. |
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| Mintage | ND (1279-1320) |
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The Bailiwick of Weida was one of the smaller lordships of the Vogtland, a fragmented region of eastern Thuringia where the Vögte — imperial advocates — minted their own bracteates with remarkable independence throughout the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries. This Henry is Heinrich IV of Weida, whose tenure coincided with the gradual absorption of Vogtland territories into the expanding orbit of the Wettin margraves of Meissen. The large diameter relative to the negligible silver content is characteristic of the single-sided bracteate technique, where the flan was hammered thin enough for the design to push through completely.