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Pfennig - Leopold V or Leopold VI
| Issuer | Duchy of Styria (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1177-1230 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Central field depicts a stylized eagle displayed, with wings spread and head facing, rendered in a bold, archaic manner characteristic of late 12th- to early 13th-century Austrian bracteate-influenced coinage. The eagle motif is enclosed within a beaded or pearled inner circle. The flan is irregular and slightly chipped, consistent with hand-hammered medieval silver coinage. The design is deeply struck in low relief with a broad, flat field surrounding the central device. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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The attribution to either Leopold V or Leopold VI reflects a genuine scholarly impasse — the two dukes' Styrian issues overlap in type and cannot be separated by die study alone. Leopold V acquired Styria in 1192 following the Treaty of Georgenberg, which transferred the duchy from the Otakars upon Duke Ottokar IV's death without an heir. His son Leopold VI, one of the wealthier princes of the German-speaking world in the early thirteenth century, continued the same minting traditions without meaningful typological break, which is precisely why the problem persists.