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Denier Bracteate - Siegfried II of Eppstein
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Mainz |
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| Year | 1210-1215 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Archbishop Siegfried II of Eppstein enthroned in full frontal view, seated on a decorated throne, holding a patriarchal cross-staff in one hand and a crozier in the other, emblematic of his dual spiritual and temporal authority. The figure is rendered in the characteristic flat, single-sided relief of bracteate coinage, with fine but somewhat irregular hammered workmanship typical of early 13th-century Rhenish ecclesiastical issues. A surrounding legend frames the central effigy within the coin's field. |
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| Reverse description | Blank, as is characteristic of bracteate coinage, where the thin silver flan bears only a mirror-image incuse impression of the obverse design on the reverse side, with no intentional reverse type or legend struck. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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