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Denier Bracteate - Louis II of Bayern
| Issuer | Duchy of Upper Bavaria |
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| Year | 1268-1294 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | Facing crowned bust of Duke Louis II in high relief, characteristic of the bracteate technique, with a stylized crown of pellets and arches surmounting the effigy. The figure holds a sword upright to the left and a palm branch to the right, both attributes rendered in a bold, schematic medieval style. The bust is enclosed within a raised, thick inner circle, around which nine decorative arches form an ornamental border in the field. The entire design exhibits the shallow, one-sided relief typical of South German bracteates of the late 13th century, with no legend present. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Louis II ruled Upper Bavaria during a period when bracteate coinage in the region was already in decline, gradually being displaced by thicker, double-sided pfennigs. His issues nonetheless maintained the thin-flan, single-die striking technique inherited from the preceding century. The Steinheimer reference number places this firmly within the documented Upper Bavarian sequence, distinguishing it from the stylistically similar issues of the Wittelsbachs' Lower Bavarian branch, with whom Louis was in persistent territorial conflict following the 1255 partition of the duchy.