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Pfennig - Konrad I Laufen an der Salzach
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Salzburg (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1106-1147 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Konrad I ruled the Archbishopric of Salzburg during one of the most fractious periods in medieval German ecclesiastical politics — his tenure coincided directly with the tail end of the Investiture Controversy, the decades-long struggle between the papacy and the Holy Roman emperors over the right to appoint church officials. Salzburg under Konrad was firmly in the reform camp, aligned with Rome against imperial authority. Coins struck at Laufen an der Salzach during this period reflect the archbishopric functioning as a nearly autonomous territorial power, minting its own currency as a direct expression of that independence.