Denier Bracteate - Kuno I

Kuno I of Münzenberg served as imperial chamberlain under Frederick Barbarossa, a position that granted him the minting rights this bracteate reflects. The County of Münzenberg was a minor but strategically positioned lordship in the Wetterau, and its coinage circulated within a region contested by the Hohenstaufen and local ecclesiastical powers throughout the second half of the twelfth century. Bracteates of this type were struck on exceptionally thin flans, making intact surviving examples genuinely uncommon — the fragility of the fabric accounts for most of the attrition.