Denier Bracteate Teutonic Order

The Teutonic Order began striking bracteates in Prussia during the late 13th century as the Knights consolidated territorial control over the Baltic region following their campaigns against the Prussian tribes. These thin, single-sided coins were the dominant small denomination of the region precisely because local minting traditions favored them — not because the Order imposed the format from elsewhere. By the 14th century the Order's Prussian mint at Thorn had become one of the more prolific producers of bracteate currency in the eastern Baltic, supplying coinage to a commercial network stretching from Danzig to Riga.