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.
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.