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Pfennig - Henry IV Gutenwerth
| Issuer | March of Istria-Carniola (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1220-1228 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse description | A prominent tower or castle motif rises from the center of the field, depicted with crenellations and rendered in bold, stylized relief consistent with 13th-century hammered coinage of the Austrian hereditary lands. To the left, a large crescent or arc-shaped element flanks the central device, possibly representing a heraldic charge associated with the March of Istria-Carniola. The design is enclosed within a beaded or rope inner circle, with a partial Latin legend around the periphery, largely obscured by the irregular flan edge. The reverse type is characteristic of the feudal coinage of Henry IV of Gutenwerth. |
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| Reverse lettering | +F[---AC] |
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Henry IV of Istria and Carniola issued these denarii during a period of acute jurisdictional friction between the March's secular administration and the ecclesiastical claims of the Patriarchate of Aquileia — a conflict that shaped nearly every fiscal decision of his tenure. The Gutenwerth mint, situated on an island in the Klagenfurt basin, was itself a political statement, positioned deliberately outside the direct reach of competing episcopal authority.
CNA Cj14 specimens are rarely encountered with full flan integrity; the dies were cut for a broader planchet than the blanks consistently delivered.