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Pfennig Undetermined Friesach marks
| Issuer | Duchy of Carinthia (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1200 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | Facing bust of a bishop or archbishop rendered in a stylized Romanesque manner, wearing a mitre and liturgical vestments, positioned centrally within the coin field. The figure holds a crozier to one side, with the design exhibiting the bold, somewhat crude relief characteristic of early 13th-century Austrian hammered coinage. A partial Latin legend runs along the outer margin, partially legible as AoSoSV[...]EpI, likely referencing an episcopal title. The irregular flan and variable strike are typical of Friesach-type pfennigs of this period. |
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| Reverse description | Central device consisting of a prominent patriarchal or archiepiscopal cross flanked by subsidiary design elements, surrounded by a beaded inner border. The cross is rendered in bold relief with a globular or annulet element at its center, consistent with the heraldic vocabulary of Carinthian ecclesiastical coinage of circa 1200. Diagonal cross-hatched or star-like ornaments fill the quadrants surrounding the central motif. The outer field is bounded by a raised irregular rim formed by the hammered flan edge, with no legible legend on this side. |
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| Mintage | ND (1200) - Around 1200 |
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