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Denier Bracteate - Swietopelk II the Great Gdańsk mint
| Issuer | Duchy of East Pomerania |
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| Year | 1217-1266 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field bears a stylized trefoil or clover-leaf motif composed of three lobes radiating from a central point, with a raised globule or pellet at the base forming a fourth element, the whole enclosed within a plain inner ring and a raised outer border of concentric lines. The design is rendered in low relief characteristic of hammered bracteate coinage, with no legend or inscription present. The flan is thin and slightly irregular, consistent with medieval single-die bracteate production at the Gdańsk mint. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Świętopełk II ruled Gdańsk Pomerania for nearly five decades, spending much of that time in open conflict with the Teutonic Knights and the Polish Piasts simultaneously — a geopolitical balancing act that few medieval rulers managed for so long. His bracteates were struck at Gdańsk during a period when he was actively cultivating independence from both neighbors, and the mint itself was an assertion of that autonomy as much as a practical economic tool.
Bracteates of this fabric — single-sided, struck on thin flans — were characteristic of northern and central European minting practice from the twelfth century onward, but surviving Gdańsk examples attributable to Świętopełk's long reign remain genuinely scarce in any condition.