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Denier Bracteate - Hermann II

Issuer Thuringia, Landgraviate of
Year 1227-1242
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Value 1 Denier
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Obverse description Equestrian effigy of Landgrave Hermann II advancing left, depicted in full armour and bearing a pennoned lance or flag in his right hand and a shield charged with a lion on his left arm. To the right of the horse stands a turreted architectural structure rendered as a three-towered building, likely representing a fortification or castle. A circular legend surrounds the entire composition within the coin's field. The design is executed in the characteristic thin-flan bracteate technique, with the relief appearing in high relief on the obverse and mirrored in intaglio on the reverse.
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Reverse description Blank, as is characteristic of bracteate coinage, where the single thin silver flan bears the design exclusively on the obverse; the reverse shows only the incuse mirror impression of the obverse type with no additional design or legend.
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