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Heller Bracteate - Matthias of Rammung
| Issuer | Bishopric of Speyer |
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| Year | 1465-1478 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central shield bearing the family coat of arms of Matthias of Rammung, divided by two diagonal lines forming a triangular or pointed-arch design, rendered in a simple Gothic heraldic style. The shield is set within a beaded circle composed of evenly spaced pellets enclosing the entire device. The field outside the shield is plain, and the overall strike is characteristic of the irregular flan typical of late medieval German bracteate hellers. No legend or inscription is present. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Matthias of Rammung served as Bishop of Speyer from 1464 until his death in 1478, a tenure marked by persistent conflict with the city of Speyer over jurisdictional authority — the bishop's secular power had been progressively eroded by the increasingly independent imperial city. Bracteates of this type, struck on flans so thin they rarely survived handling without creasing, exist today in genuinely small numbers.