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Denier Bracteate - Ludolf of Kroppenstedt
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Magdeburg |
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| Year | 1192-1205 |
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| Technique | Hammered (bracteate) |
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| Reverse description | As a bracteate, the reverse presents the incuse mirror image of the obverse design, showing the indented impression of the frontal episcopal bust with sword and cross-staff, the mitre, and the arched vestment. The central field bears a hole or damage consistent with the thin, single-sided hammered fabric typical of bracteate coinage. The raised border ring is visible on the reverse, and the overall surface displays the characteristic concave form of the bracteate flan. No inscriptions or additional devices are present on the reverse. |
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| Mintage | ND (1192-1205) |
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Ludolf of Kroppenstedt served as Archbishop of Magdeburg from 1192 to 1205, a period when the archbishopric wielded considerable political leverage between imperial and papal interests in the eastern reaches of the Holy Roman Empire. Bracteates of this type were not small change — they functioned as the primary silver currency across much of northern and central Germany during the High Middle Ages, regions where the thin, single-sided striking technique had displaced the older bilateral denier entirely by the late twelfth century.
The Magdeburg mint was among the most prolific bracteate producers of the period. Mehl's numbering for this type places it firmly within a well-documented episcopal sequence.