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Denier Bracteate - Siegfried III of Rechberg
| Issuer | Bishopric of Augsburg |
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| Year | 1208-1227 |
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| Weight | 0.77 g |
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| Edge | Plain |
| Mint | Augsburg |
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Siegfried III held the Augsburg see during a period of intense conflict between papal and imperial factions, and his coinage reflects the administrative fragility of the diocese under those pressures. Bracteates of this type were struck on single-face flans so thin that die stress and metal flow during striking routinely distorted the imagery — a structural limitation of the format, not a quality failure of the mint.