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Denier Bracteate - Joachim I and Albert IV
| Issuer | Brandenburg, Margraviate of |
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| Year | 1499-1513 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | Brandenburg eagle displayed, facing, with wings spread and tail feathers fanning downward, bearing a scepter shield on the breast; the device is rendered in the characteristic low-relief bracteate style, with the eagle occupying the full central field. The entire design is enclosed within a beaded inner border, itself surrounded by a serrated or rope-like outer rim formed by the hammering process. No legend or inscription is present. The flan is thin and irregular, as typical of north German bracteate pfennigs of the late medieval period. |
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| Reverse description | Blank, as is characteristic of bracteate coinage, which is struck on a single thin flan using a single die, resulting in a mirror-image incuse impression visible on the reverse. The reverse surface shows the faint, incuse ghost impression of the obverse eagle design pressed through the thin silver flan, with no intentional design elements or inscriptions. |
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| Mintage | ND (1499-1513) |
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