Description

Silver bracteate of Heinrich der Erlauchte (Henry the Illustrious), Margrave of Meissen and Lusatia from 1221 to 1288. Coin struck circa 1225 in Meissen, Saxony.

Bracteate coins are very thin, single-sided coins.

Margrave: The word comes from the German Mark (border) and Graf (count), literally meaning ‘count of the march’ or ‘border count’