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Denier Bracteate - Otto I

Issuer County of Eilenburg
Year 1191-1234
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Reference(s) Berger#1908, Schwink#351
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Obverse script Latin
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Mint Eilenburg Mint
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Eilenburg's bracteates from this period were struck under Otto I of Meissen's cadet line, during a phase when the thin-flan, single-die technique had become the dominant minting convention across Saxon and Thuringian territories. The technology demanded extraordinary skill — any uneven hammer blow would split the flan or produce an illegible ghost impression on the reverse. Surviving specimens with full, uncracked flans are genuinely uncommon.

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