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Denier Bracteate - Philip, Otto IV and Frederick II Donauworth mint
| Issuer | Holy Roman Empire |
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| Year | 1198-1250 |
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| Value | 1 Denier (Pfennig) |
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| Obverse description | Facing crowned bust of the ruler depicted in Romanesque style, wearing an ornate crown surmounted by a central pellet finial, holding a cross-sceptre in the left hand and a foliate branch or lily sceptre in the right hand. The effigy is rendered in bold relief characteristic of bracteate coinage, with schematic facial features and stylized drapery indicated by pellet and linear decoration at the shoulders. The central design is enclosed within a plain inner circle, surrounded by a broad border composed of alternating crescent-shaped arches and pellets, creating a distinctive lunette-and-pellet decorative ring. As a bracteate, the design is struck on a single thin flan and appears in relief on the obverse with a corresponding incuse impression on the reverse. No legend is present. |
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| Reverse description | As a bracteate, the reverse exhibits the incuse mirror image of the obverse design, showing the crowned facing bust with sceptres rendered in negative relief on the thin silver flan. The alternating crescent arch and pellet border is likewise visible in intaglio on the reverse field. No separate reverse design or legend was intended, as is characteristic of this single-die bracteate coinage type from the Donauwörth mint. |
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| Mintage | ND (1198-1250) |
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