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Denier Bracteate - Philip Louis II
| Issuer | Hanau-Münzenberg, County of |
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| Year | 1604 |
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| Currency | Thaler |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays the Hanau-Münzenberg arms: a shield bearing two chevrons above a lozenge, surmounted by a crown. The shield is set within a beaded inner border that runs along the coin's circumference. The design is characteristic of the bracteate-style thin silver pfennig coinage of early 17th-century German territorial mints, with bold, well-defined relief typical of hammered production. The initials PL, referencing Philip Louis II, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg, appear as the primary legend. |
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| Reverse description | As a bracteate-style pfennig, the reverse presents a shallow, incuse mirror image of the obverse design, showing the crowned Hanau-Münzenberg shield with two chevrons above a lozenge in negative relief. The surface is characteristically flat and unstruck in appearance, consistent with the thin-flan hammered technique employed for this denomination. No additional lettering or devices are present on the reverse. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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