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Pfennig - Leopold VI Pettau
| Issuer | Duchy of Austria (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1220-1230 |
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| Currency | Pfennig (976-1278) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central ducal bust facing forward, depicted between two flanking towers in a heraldic architectural arrangement; above the bust rises a small central turret. A six-pointed star appears to the left and a cross to the right of the turret, with ring ornaments interspersed. The entire design is enclosed within a double beaded circle. |
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Pettau — modern Ptuj in Slovenia — served as a regional minting center under the Babenberg dukes, and Leopold VI authorized local bracteate-style pfennig production there as part of a broader effort to consolidate currency across his expanding domains. Leopold, called "the Glorious," was at the height of his political influence during this decade, mediating between Pope Honorius III and Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II while simultaneously managing the monetary infrastructure of one of the most economically active duchies in the German-speaking world.
CNA Cg4 is among the thinner-documented Pettau issues, with surviving specimens relatively scarce compared to the Vienna mint output of the same period.