bracteates

So-called bracteates dating back to late classical antiquity and the Middle Ages are no larger than a finger nail.

TIME.com: Top Stories 2012

Of the German medieval coins, the "bracteates" (Lat. bractea, "a thin sheet of metal") deserve special mention.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913

The bracteates and jewels, from the bright-shining city, [1]

Beowulf An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem Lesslie [Translator] Hall

They were not personal ornaments, like the Scandinavian bracteates of earlier times, but genuine coins.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913

He added to the rare Hebrew, Greek, and Roman coins and bracteates collections of copper-plate engravings (over 20,000), minerals, shells, and paintings.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913

Håkon Reiersen, an associate professor at the museum, said the gold pendants – flat, thin, single-sided gold medals called bracteates – dated from the so-called migration period in Norway, which ran between AD400 and about AD550, when there were widespread migrations in Europe.

Metal detectorist makes Norway’s ‘gold find of century’ Staff and agencies in Oslo 2023