Denier Bracteate - Ludolf of Kroppenstedt

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.