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Denier - John V
| Issuer | Brandenburg, Margraviate of |
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| Year | 1308-1317 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Central field features a stylized eagle displayed within a beaded inner circle, rendered in the bold, schematic style characteristic of early 14th-century Brandenburg bracteate-influenced coinage. The eagle's wings are spread and its head faces to the right, with plumage indicated by pellet ornaments. Below the eagle, the base of the design features a decorative element suggestive of a shield or architectural support. The surrounding legend reads IOHANNES MARChIO, identifying the issuer as Margrave John V of Brandenburg. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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John V of Brandenburg — known as "the Young" — ruled the margraviate jointly with his brothers under the fractious partition arrangements that followed the death of Otto V in 1299. The tiny silver deniers issued under his name belong to a period when Brandenburg's mint output was fragmented across multiple co-rulers, making attribution of specific dies genuinely difficult and individual issues scarce by survival.
Grasser's numbering for this type reflects the specialized regional corpus; pieces from this reign rarely surface outside German collections.