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Pfennig - Werinto and Dietrich
| Issuer | County of Formbach (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1130-1140 |
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| Currency | Pfennig (976-1278) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A mounted horseman depicted in profile facing right, rendered in a schematic Romanesque style typical of 12th-century Austrian pfennigs. The rider appears armed or cloaked, seated upon a striding horse, with the composition enclosed within a beaded inner circle. The surrounding field contains scattered pellets and partial letter forms from a fragmentary Latin legend along the outer rim, largely illegible due to the irregular flan and hammered technique. The execution is bold but uneven, consistent with the hand-engraved dies of the County of Formbach coinage attributed to the co-rulership of Werinto and Dietrich. |
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Formbach was a small comital dynasty in the Inn valley whose minting activity peaked in the early twelfth century before the line died out in 1158, with territories absorbed by the Babenbergs. The joint attribution to Werinto and Dietrich — almost certainly co-ruling counts of the same house — narrows this piece to a decade when the county still held independent issuing authority, likely exercised through a mint at or near Vornbach am Inn.
CNA B37 is sparsely documented in auction records, which reflects the genuine rarity of attributed Formbach issues rather than collector indifference.