Denier Bracteate - Louis II of Bayern

Louis II ruled Upper Bavaria following the partition of 1255, which split the Wittelsbach holdings between the Upper and Lower Bavarian lines — a division that would shape regional coinage for generations. The bracteate fabric itself was already archaic by this period; most German territories had shifted toward thicker, two-sided pfennigs, but certain Bavarian and Franconian mints clung to the thin single-sided format well into the late thirteenth century. The Berger and Bohnenberger references place this piece firmly within a documented typological sequence, though precise mint attribution within Louis's territories remains unresolved in the literature.