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Pfennig - Werinto-Dietrich
| Issuer | County of Formbach (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1108-1140 |
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| Diameter | 21 mm |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a schematic, heavily stylized figure — likely an equestrian or standing armed warrior — rendered in the coarse, deeply struck manner typical of hammered pfennigs from the Formbach comital series. The design is enclosed within a beaded inner circle, with a fragmentary pseudo-legible legend running along the outer border, composed of letter-like forms that do not constitute intelligible Latin text. The die work is characteristic of provincial Austrian minting of the early 12th century, with bold relief and deliberately simplified figural elements. The irregular flan edge and weak areas of strike are consistent with the hammered production technique of the period. |
| Reverse script | Pseudo-Latin |
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The County of Formbach, situated in what is now Lower Bavaria near the Inn River, was a minor but strategically positioned lordship whose coinage output was limited and closely tied to the authority of its ruling dynasty. Werinto-Dietrich's issues fall within a period of intense feudal fragmentation in the German-speaking lands following the Investiture Controversy, when even small comital houses asserted minting rights as a visible mark of independent jurisdiction. CNA B35 pieces are genuinely scarce in any condition.