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Denier Bracteate - Otto I
| Issuer | Brandenburg, Margraviate of |
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| Year | 1170-1184 |
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| Value | 1 Denier |
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| Obverse description | Full-length frontal effigy of Margrave Otto I standing en face, clad in armour, holding a banner-topped spear in his right hand and a large kite-shaped shield in his left, with a sword at his side. The figure is flanked on each side by a stylised Romanesque tower with a domed roof surmounting a multi-arched base, representing the fortified towns of the margraviate. A circular beaded inner border frames the composition, with the remnants of a Latin legend running in the outer annulus. The design is executed in the bold, high-relief style characteristic of late 12th-century North German bracteate coinage. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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