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Pfennig - Henry IV Stein in Oberkrain
| Issuer | March of Istria-Carniola (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1204-1228 |
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| Value | 1 Pfennig (1) |
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| Obverse description | Full-length frontal effigy of a standing bishop in ecclesiastical vestments, holding a crozier in his right hand and a cross in his left. The figure is rendered in a flat, stylized Romanesque manner typical of early 13th-century Austrian pfennigs. A circular legend in Latin lettering is contained between two concentric linear borders enclosing the central device. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Henry IV of Andechs ruled Istria and Carniola during a period when the Andechs dynasty was aggressively consolidating its hold over Alpine and Adriatic territories — a position that collapsed catastrophically in 1248 when the male line died out and the march fragmented among competing claimants. The Stein mint in Oberkrain, on the Sava River, served as a key administrative and economic node in the region. These bracteate-influenced denars of the march are documented in CNA but remain poorly represented in public collections.