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Pfennig unknown ruler
| Issuer | Bishopric of Gurk (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1180-1210 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | Broad, angular frontal bust of a bishop rendered in stylized Romanesque fashion, holding a crosier to the right and a book to the left. The episcopal vestments are ornamented with three vertical rows of pellets, conveying the decorative detail of liturgical robes. The figure is boldly struck in high relief against an uncluttered field, enclosed within a double pearl border. The composition is characteristic of late 12th- to early 13th-century Austrian ecclesiastical bracteate-influenced coinage. |
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| Mintage | ND (1180-1210) |
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The Bishopric of Gurk was founded in 1072 at the insistence of Archbishop Gebhard of Salzburg, carved out of Salzburg's own diocesan territory as a suffragen see. Pfennige attributable to Gurk from this period are rare enough that the issuing bishop cannot be determined with certainty — the CNA attribution acknowledges this openly.