Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
Denier - Henry V
| Issuer | Duchy of Carinthia |
|---|---|
| Year | 1144-1161 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | The reverse displays two prominent vertical architectural elements, likely stylized towers or columns, flanking a central figure or symbol, consistent with the representation of a fortified structure or gateway associated with Carinthian ducal iconography. A crowned or mitred bust may be discernible between the columns, rendered in a schematic, relief style. A small annulet or cross motif appears in the lower field. The design is unframed and occupies the full irregular flan, with no surrounding inscription. The execution is characteristic of mid-12th-century hammered bracteate-influenced pfennig coinage from the Austrian duchies. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Plain |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Henry V of Carinthia ruled the duchy during a period of acute tension between the Babenberg and Spanheim dynasties competing for influence in the southeastern Alpine marches. His coinage belongs to a regionally distinct tradition of thin, broad deniers produced across the Carinthian and Styrian mints in the twelfth century — physically fragile pieces that survive intact far less often than their mintage volumes might suggest. The CNA Cb 5 classification places this squarely among the earlier Spanheim-period issues before the type fragmented into increasingly localized die production.