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Denier Bracteate - Otto II
| Issuer | Brandenburg, Margraviate of |
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| Year | 1184-1205 |
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| Value | 1 Denier |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Otto II ruled the Margraviate of Brandenburg during a period when the Ascanian dynasty was aggressively expanding eastward through the Wendish territories. Bracteates — struck on a single thin flan with the design pressed through to create a mirror image on the reverse — were the dominant coinage of northern and central Germany throughout the twelfth and early thirteenth centuries, a regional preference that persisted long after double-sided striking had become standard elsewhere.
The Berger and Löbbecke references place this firmly within a well-documented typology, though the twenty-year emission window reflects the difficulty of attributing bracteates to specific years within a reign absent documentary mint records.