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Pfennig - Bernard II Lord of Carniola
| Issuer | Duchy of Carinthia (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1200-1230 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Frontal enthroned effigy of Duke Bernhart, depicted in a schematic Romanesque style within a beaded inner circle. The duke is shown holding a sword upright in his right hand and a pennant or banner in his left hand. The figure is rendered in low relief with stylized drapery folds. The Latin legend runs around the periphery within the outer border, reading ☩ DUKE BE[RN]HART. |
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| Obverse lettering | ☩ DUKE BE[RN]HART |
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Bernard II ruled Carniola as a ministerial lord under the Dukes of Carinthia during a period when the Spanheim dynasty's grip on the region was loosening — his pfennig issues reflect the fragmented minting authority characteristic of the March of Carniola before it passed definitively to Habsburg control in the late 13th century. The CNA Cr14 classification places this squarely within the bracteate-adjacent thin-flan pfennig tradition of the eastern Alpine mints, where die workmanship varied considerably between production runs.