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Denier Bracteate - Otto das Kind
| Issuer | Brunswick-Luneburg |
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| Year | 1213-1252 |
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| Value | 1 Denier |
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| Reverse description | Incuse mirror image of the obverse type, as is characteristic of all bracteate coinage struck from a single die on a thin flan. The lion passant, pellet, cross, and lily appear in sunken relief against a plain field, with no additional devices or legends. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Otto das Kind inherited Brunswick-Lüneburg in 1235 when Emperor Frederick II consolidated the Saxon duchies and elevated the territory to a duchy proper — making Otto its first duke. These bracteates were struck across a long production window during which Otto was simultaneously navigating the fragmented loyalties of the northern German princes and the competing ambitions of the Hohenstaufen court. The extreme thinness of bracteate fabric meant dies wore rapidly, and the Fiala, Bonhoff, and Berger reference numbers reflect genuine die distinctions rather than mere cataloguing convention.