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Denier Bracteate - Otto das Kind
| Issuer | Brunswick-Luneburg |
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| Year | 1213-1252 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Blank, as is characteristic of bracteate coinage, where the obverse design appears in incuse mirror image on the reverse due to the thin flan and single-die striking technique. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Otto das Kind, who in 1235 became the first Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg under a formal imperial grant from Frederick II, issued these thin-flan bracteates during a period when the region's monetary production was dominated by single-sided striking — a technique well established in Saxony and the broader north German sphere by the late twelfth century. The lightness of the flan makes die-struck detail inherently fragile, and the Welter 210b variety is distinguished by specific die characteristics that separate it from closely related Brunswick bracteate issues of the same decades.