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Denier Bracteate - Ulrich VI
| Issuer | County of Regenstein |
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| Year | 1529-1551 |
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| Diameter | 15 mm |
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| Obverse description | Two adjacent heraldic shields displayed side by side: the dexter shield bears the Brandenburg eagle, while the sinister shield displays four stag antlers, the arms of the County of Regenstein. The design is struck in bracteate fashion, appearing in relief on the obverse with the impression visible as an incuse on the reverse. The composition is rendered in the plain field typical of late medieval German Pfennig coinage. |
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| Mintage | ND (1529-1551) |
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The County of Regenstein was a minor Harz lordship that spent much of the sixteenth century in financial and jurisdictional freefall — by Ulrich VI's tenure the county was so deeply indebted that its eventual absorption into Brandenburg-Prussia was essentially a creditor's settlement dressed as annexation. Bracteate production this late is an anachronism worth noting; the single-sided hammered fabric had largely disappeared from German monetary circulation by the mid-fifteenth century, making this issue a deliberate archaism, likely tied to local toll or market rights rather than general currency.