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Denier Bracteate - Wilbrand of Käfernburg
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Magdeburg |
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| Year | 1235-1254 |
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| Technique | Hammered (bracteate) |
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| Obverse description | Archbishop Wilbrand enthroned facing, vested in pontifical robes, holding a crozier in his left hand and a processional cross in his right; the figure is depicted in a stylized Romanesque manner within a beaded inner circle. A Latin legend in Gothic minuscule or early Gothic script surrounds the central device between the inner beaded border and the outer raised rim. |
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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 with no independent design. |
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| Mint | Magdeburg |
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