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Pfennig - Ulrich II St. Veit
| Issuer | Duchy of Carinthia (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1181-1202 |
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| Reference(s) | CNA#Cb8 |
| Obverse description | Full-length figure of the standing duke in profile facing right, bearing a sword held upright in his right hand; a banner standard is depicted behind him. The figure is rendered in the flat, stylised manner characteristic of 12th-century Carinthian bracteate-influenced coinage. The design is enclosed within a double border comprising an inner beaded circle and an outer linear ring. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Ulrich II ruled Carinthia during a period of sustained tension between the Babenberg dukes of Austria and the Spanheim dynasty, to which Ulrich belonged. The Spanheims had held Carinthia since 1122 and made St. Veit an der Glan their ducal seat — the mint there operated under direct ducal authority rather than episcopal control, which was unusual for the region and gave coins of this type a more consistent production standard than many contemporary Austrian bracteate issues.
CNA Cb8 represents one of the better-documented Spanheim pfennig types, though die combinations across the roughly twenty-year striking window mean individual specimens vary considerably in sharpness.