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Pfennig Carniola and borderland coinage
| Issuer | Duchy of Carinthia (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1200-1220 |
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| Value | 1 Pfennig |
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| Obverse description | Facing bust of a bishop rendered in archaic style, depicted with a crozier to one side and an open book before him; a dividing line bisects the book horizontally. The design is characteristic of early medieval hammered coinage, with bold, schematic facial features filling the field. A partial Latin legend is present around the periphery. |
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| Obverse lettering | ..EPS |
| Reverse description | Cruciform arrangement featuring two facing bishops' heads and two six-pointed stars alternating in the quarters of a cross. The episcopal heads are rendered with notably broad, heavy features, and a prominent ring is depicted below the crook of the crozier. The composition is boldly struck in the regional Carinthian-Carniolian bracteate-related tradition, with strong relief and schematic detailing typical of the early thirteenth century. |
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