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Denier - Ekbert of Andechs
| Issuer | Bishopric of Bamberg (German States) |
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| Year | 1203-1237 |
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| Diameter | 18.5 mm |
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| Obverse description | Facing bust of Bishop Ekbert of Andechs rendered in the Romanesque style, depicted with a mitre-like headgear and a stiff frontal posture with schematic facial features. The figure is framed by elaborate curvilinear scrollwork and foliate ornaments filling the surrounding field, with rosette or mullet devices interspersed among the decorative tendrils. The composition is typical of early 13th-century south German episcopal bracteate coinage, characterized by bold relief, irregular flan, and a highly stylized, almost hieratic treatment of the episcopal effigy. No legible legend is present, the design relying entirely on iconographic convention to identify the issuing authority. |
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| Reverse description | As a bracteate, the reverse presents the incuse mirror image of the obverse type, showing the negative impression of the episcopal bust and surrounding foliate scrollwork pressed through the thin silver flan during the hammering process. The reverse field displays the characteristic shallow, ghost-like relief inherent to single-die bracteate production, with rosette ornaments and curvilinear tendrils visible in incuse form. Star-shaped or mullet devices are discernible to the left of the central figure. The irregular flan edge is typical of hand-cut bracteate planchets of this period and region. |
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| Mint | Bamberg, Germany |
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