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Denier Bracteate - Heribert II of Büren
| Issuer | Abbeys of Werden and Helmstedt |
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| Year | 1198-1225 |
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| Technique | Hammered (bracteate) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (1198-1225) |
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Heribert II served as abbot of both Werden and Helmstedt simultaneously — a dual incumbency that gave him unusually broad minting authority for a churchman of the period. The bracteate format was the dominant coinage of northern and central Germany throughout the late twelfth and early thirteenth centuries, preferred by ecclesiastical mints partly because its thin, single-die production demanded less silver per piece. Werden's minting rights derived from an imperial grant confirmed well before Heribert's tenure, but output under his abbacy remains poorly documented in the chronicle record.