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Denier Bracteate - Walther III

Issuer Barby, County of
Year 1223-1255
Type Standard circulation coin
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Reverse description Blank, as is characteristic of bracteate coinage, which is struck on a single thin flan producing an incuse mirror image on the reverse side.
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Walther III ruled Barby during a period when thin, single-sided bracteate coinage dominated the northern Saxon monetary sphere — a regional preference so entrenched that double-sided deniers continued to be resisted well after they had become standard across much of the Empire. Gaettens 538 is among the scarcer documented issues attributable to his reign, with the county's output during this span being modest relative to larger ecclesiastical mints operating concurrently in the region.

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