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Obol Bracteate - Erlung and his descendant
| Issuer | Bishopric of Würzburg |
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| Year | 1105-1127 |
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| Currency | Pfennig |
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| Obverse description | Facing bust of the bishop in high relief, turned slightly to the left, depicted in schematic Romanesque style characteristic of early 12th-century episcopal bracteates. The figure holds a crozier, the pastoral staff symbolic of episcopal authority, rendered in a stylized manner. The portrait is framed by concentric curved lines suggesting a circular border, with the broad flat flan showing the typical irregular edge of a hammered bracteate. The design is executed with the simple but expressive line work typical of Würzburg ecclesiastical coinage of the period. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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