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Obol Bracteate - Henry of Aurich
| Issuer | Abbey of Lorsch |
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| Year | 1153-1167 |
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| Technique | Hammered (bracteate) |
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| Obverse description | Facing bust of an ecclesiastical figure, likely the abbot, depicted frontally in a stylized Romanesque manner, wearing a crown surmounted by a cross. The figure holds a crozier in the left hand and raises the right hand in a gesture of benediction. The bust is rendered with schematic drapery and decorative pellet details on the vestments. The design is enclosed within a beaded inner circle, itself surrounded by a broad outer beaded border typical of bracteate coinage of the period. The overall composition is characteristic of mid-12th-century German ecclesiastical bracteates. |
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| Reverse description | As a bracteate, the reverse presents a uniface incuse mirror impression of the obverse design, showing the faint negative relief of the facing ecclesiastical bust, crozier, and beaded border. The thin, hammered silver flan exhibits the characteristic irregular fabric of 12th-century German bracteate production. No inscriptions or additional design elements are present on the reverse. |
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| Mint | Lorsch Mint |
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