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Denier Bracteate - Hermann II

Issuer Landgraviate of Thuringia
Year 1227-1242
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Hermann II ruled Thuringia as a minor under regency for most of this period, having inherited the landgraviate as a child following his father Ludwig IV's death on crusade in 1227. The thin, single-sided fabric of bracteate coinage made it particularly vulnerable to clipping and wear, which is precisely why so few survive without distortion — the silver is barely substantial enough to hold a strike under normal handling pressure.

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