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Obole Bracteate - Henry of Aurich
| Issuer | Abbey of Lorsch |
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| Year | 1153-1167 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | Central pattée cross with extended arms dividing the inner field into four quadrants, each canton bearing a stylized lily ornament. The cross is enclosed within a double beaded inner circle, beyond which the broad flat field of the bracteate flan extends to an irregularly struck outer rim. The design is executed in low relief characteristic of thin bracteate coinage, with the decorative elements rendered in a simplified Romanesque style consistent with mid-twelfth-century German ecclesiastical minting practice. |
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| Reverse description | Incuse mirror image of the obverse, as is characteristic of bracteate coinage struck from a single die on a thin silver flan. The reverse displays the corresponding negative impression of the central cross and surrounding beaded circle, with the surface showing the typical concave distortion and irregular flan edges inherent to the bracteate technique. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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