Denier - Leopold VI

Leopold VI ruled Austria and Styria simultaneously from 1194 until his death in 1230, a consolidation that gave him the resources to pursue crusading ambitions — he participated in both the Fifth Crusade and campaigns against the Albigensian heretics in southern France. The deniers struck under his authority reflect a mint system still largely decentralized, with output distributed across multiple ducal mints rather than concentrated at a single facility.

Luschin's classification of this type as 18a distinguishes it from closely related variants by specific die characteristics documented in his foundational work on Austrian bracteate and denier coinage.