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Denier Bracteate - Albert / Nikolaus Three dots
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Riga |
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| Year | 1198-1253 |
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| Value | 1 Hohlpfennig |
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| Reverse description | Uniface bracteate; the reverse displays only the incuse mirror impression of the obverse design as an artifact of the single-die hammering technique, with no intentional reverse design. The surface shows the characteristic concave curvature of a bracteate flan. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Archbishopric of Riga occupied a peculiar monetary position in the early 13th century: newly established crusader ecclesiastical authority issuing coinage in a territory still being violently converted to Christianity by the Livonian Brothers of the Sword. These thin bracteate deniers, struck on a single die with impressions visible on both faces, represent the earliest phase of organized coinage in the eastern Baltic — a region where German merchants and crusading clergy were simultaneously building churches and trade infrastructure. The attribution to the Albert/Nikolaus period spans bishops Albert I of Buxhoeveden, founder of Riga, and his successors through Nikolaus.