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Denier Bracteate - Sambor II Tczew mint
| Issuer | Duchy of East Pomerania |
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| Year | 1217-1278 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | Bracteate with a schematically rendered eagle displayed in the central field, executed in low relief characteristic of thin hammered bracteate coinage. The raptor is depicted with spread wings and stylized feather detailing rendered as parallel incised lines, with a rounded head turned to one side. The composition fills the irregularly shaped flan with no surrounding legend, typical of the simplified heraldic bracteate tradition of 13th-century Pomeranian coinage. The die-cut design reflects the Pomeranian ducal eagle, an emblematic charge associated with the House of Samborides. |
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| Mint | Tczew (Dirschau) mint |
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Sambor II ruled East Pomerania from 1233 until his death in 1278, and his relationship with the Teutonic Knights — he invited them into Pomerelia in the 1240s and ultimately bequeathed parts of his territory to the Order — shaped the political fragmentation that would define the region for generations. Bracteates of this type were struck on extremely thin flans, a technique prevalent across the Baltic and northern German lands during this period, making intact survivors without cracks or flan splits genuinely uncommon.