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Message:: [QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 3536931, member: 96898"]My most recent acquisition is a bracteate that I have been trying to get for about two years. The type in itself is not that scarce, but it can be hard to find a nice example: [ATTACH=full]940072[/ATTACH]Archbishopric of Magdeburg, Albrecht von Käfernburg, bracteate penny, ca. 1220–1232. Obv: OICI – IVSDV; St. Maurice, nimbate and wearing armour, standing facing, holding cross and lance flag; below, church building with two towers an an arch; inside, cranium relic. Rev: negative design (bracteate). 23mm, 0.68g. Ref: Berger 1586; Slg. Hauswaldt 167; Slg. Bonhoff 712. In 1220, Achbishop Albrecht managed to acquire what was believed to be the cranium of St. Maurice, the patron saint of Magdeburg. The new relic was also meant to attract pilgrims and donations. Albrecht needed this additional income to rebuild Magdeburg's cathedral, which had been destroyed in a fire in 1207. He minted a series of three bracteates showing the recently acquired relic, and the coin above is one of them. These coins can be considered an early form of advertising: circulating widely in the German speaking lands, they spread the news about the skull relic and promoted a pilgrimage to Magdeburg. Since I am interested in such forms of medieval mass communication and propaganda via coins, this bracteate was a must-have. Please show your bracteates, medieval coins and/or coins that you have been seeking for for a long time![/QUOTE]