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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TTerrier, post: 3539456, member: 76835&quot;]Those are some nice coins.&nbsp; I also really like this time period and bracteates in particular.&nbsp; Many of them have great stories behind them like the OP bracteate.</p><p><br /></p><p>Shown below is one of the more common ones from southern Germany.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]940598[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Eberhard II von Waldburg</p><p>Prince-bishop of Waldburg</p><p>c. 1248 - 1274&nbsp; 0.38g&nbsp; 21 mm</p><p>Mitered bust between held crozier and lily topped staff</p><p>Bishopric of Konstanz (right on the border between Germany and Switzerland).</p><p><br /></p><p>The title &quot;prince-bishop&quot; illustrates the lack of separation of church and state.&nbsp; From what I&#039;ve read, there are instances where the geographic areas of bishopric and civil rule did not perfectly coincide, so one could have secular authority but not church and vice-versa.&nbsp; If work ever slows down I am going to hunt down some history books on this time period.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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