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Pfennig - Henry IV Gutenwerth
| Issuer | March of Istria-Carniola (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1204-1220 |
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| Reference(s) | CNA#Cj4 |
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| Reverse description | A frontal eagle facing right occupies the central field, beneath an upward-pointing crescent moon surmounted by a cross, the combination likely serving as a dynastic or territorial symbol. Flanking the central device on either side is a stylized tower with a pointed roof, rendered in the schematic architectural idiom typical of medieval Austrian regional coinage. The entire design is enclosed within a double beaded circle forming the outer border. |
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| Mintage | ND (1204-1220) |
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Henry IV of Istria-Carniola issued this Pfennig during a period when the march was caught between competing pressures from the Patriarchate of Aquileia and the expanding influence of the Babenberg dukes of Austria. The "Gutenwerth" designation refers to the mint site at Gutenwerth, an island in the Drave River in Carinthia — one of the few geographically fixed reference points for attributing this otherwise sparsely documented regional coinage.
CNA Cj4 is a catalogued but thinly attested type, and genuine specimens are rarely encountered outside Austrian and Slovenian institutional collections.