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Pfennig - Engelbert or Henry IV Friesach
| Issuer | Duchy of Carinthia (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1125-1135 |
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| Currency | Pfennig (800-1500) |
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| Reverse description | Architectural representation of a three-towered fortified structure, rendered in a schematic Romanesque manner consistent with early twelfth-century coin engraving. The central tower, taller than the flanking towers, rises from a base wall filled with diagonal hatching or sloping grooves, evoking masonry or stonework. The two lateral towers merge into a semicircular outer enclosure wall, within which two concentric rings are depicted beneath the central tower, possibly representing an archway or gateway. The composition fills the reverse field with no surrounding inscription. |
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| Mint | Friesach |
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Friesach, in what is now the Austrian state of Carinthia, became one of the most important minting centers in the eastern Alpine region from the early twelfth century onward. The so-called Friesacher Pfennig circulated across a remarkably wide area — Slovenia, Hungary, and the broader Adriatic trade zone — functioning as the dominant silver currency of the region for well over a century. Attribution of the earliest issues to either Engelbert or Henry IV remains contested; the archbishopric of Salzburg held minting rights at Friesach, complicating questions of ducal versus ecclesiastical authority over these pieces.