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Pfennig - Leopold III
| Issuer | Margraviate of Austria (Duchy of Austria, Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1110-1136 |
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| Value | Denier (Pfennig) (1) |
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| Obverse description | Central design composed of a lined ring and beaded inner circle adorned with three applied pellets, intersected by a tripartite loop motif. An additional ring is placed in the outer field. The periphery features a deceptive pseudo-inscription rendered between two concentric beaded circles, imitating a legible legend in the manner typical of early medieval Austrian bracteate-influenced coinage. |
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| Reverse script | Latin (pseudo/deceptive) |
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Leopold III ruled the Margraviate during the Investiture Controversy's long aftermath, and his relationship with the Salian and then Hohenstaufen imperial houses shaped his mint policy directly — he twice declined the German crown, in 1125 and again in 1135, choices that kept Austria a margraviate rather than the seat of imperial power. His canonization in 1485 made him the patron saint of Austria, an unusual posthumous distinction for a coin-issuing ruler of this period.
CNA B4a places this issue among the earliest attributable Austrian bracteate-influenced denars, minted before the duchy elevation of 1156 under his son Heinrich II.