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Denier Bracteate - Ludolf of Kroppenstedt
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Magdeburg |
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| Year | 1192-1205 |
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| Value | 1 Denier |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mint | Magdeburg |
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Ludolf of Kroppenstedt served as Archbishop of Magdeburg from 1192 to 1205, a tenure marked by his efforts to consolidate ecclesiastical authority in the region during the turbulent politics of the Staufen-Welf conflict. Magdeburg's mint was among the most prolific producers of bracteates in the eastern German territories during this period, and the archbishops exercised coinage rights as a direct extension of imperial privilege granted decades earlier.
Bracteates of this type were produced on extremely thin flans struck from a single die, making them structurally fragile. Surviving examples without creasing or rim damage are genuinely uncommon.