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Denier Bracteate - Wilbrand of Käfernburg
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Magdeburg |
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| Year | 1235-1253 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Half-length frontal effigy of Archbishop Wilbrand of Käfernburg, vested in episcopal robes and wearing a mitra, holding a crozier in his right hand and a scepter in his left, set within a pointed quatrefoil frame. The architectural quatrefoil is rendered with lobed cusping and projects outward into the surrounding field, creating a characteristic bracteate relief. The composition is centrally placed within the broadly struck, thin silver flan with an irregular raised rim typical of mid-13th-century German ecclesiastical bracteates. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Wilbrand of Käfernburg's tenure as Archbishop of Magdeburg coincided with intense friction between the archbishopric and the Ascanian margraves over territorial control east of the Elbe — a struggle that made the independent coinage rights of Magdeburg a matter of political consequence, not mere economic administration. Bracteates from this region and period were struck on exceptionally thin flans, a technique that allowed the Magdeburg mint to stretch silver supplies while maintaining acceptable face value in local exchange.
The Berger references distinguish at least two die varieties for this type.