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Obol Bracteate - Udalschalk of Eschenlohe
| Issuer | Bishopric of Augsburg |
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| Year | 1184-1202 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Mint | Augsburg |
| Mintage | ND (1184-1202) |
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Udalschalk von Eschenlohe served as Bishop of Augsburg from 1184 until his death in 1202, a tenure marked by ongoing friction with the Hohenstaufen imperial court over ecclesiastical appointments and territorial rights. Bracteates of this type — thin, single-sided silver strikes produced by pressing a single die through the flan — were the dominant small denomination in southern German ecclesiastical minting during this period, partly because their production required less silver and fewer dies than double-sided coinage.
The obol denomination here places this squarely in everyday petty commerce rather than treasury use.