Denier Bracteate - William II of Sombreffe

The Lordship of Reckem was a minor feudal holding in the county of Namur, and its monetary output was correspondingly small — these bracteates circulated locally under the authority of William II of Sombreffe as a practical necessity in thin-money markets where even fractional silver had real purchasing power. Billon this light sits at the absolute margin of medieval minting capability, and surviving examples are rarely intact at the edge.