Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
1 Pfennig - Albrecht II Vienna
| Issuer | Duchy of Austria |
|---|---|
| Year | 1330-1358 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | CNA#B 238, Luschin#138, Koch Pf#235 |
| Obverse description | Facing left, a bare-headed male bust in profile occupies the left portion of the field, rendered in a stylized medieval manner characteristic of mid-14th-century Austrian bracteate-influenced pfennige. To the right of the bust appears a prominent heraldic device consisting of a chalice or Y-shaped symbol surmounted by a horizontal bar, interpreted as a stylized architectural or heraldic emblem associated with the Vienna mint. The design is struck on a thin, irregularly shaped flan typical of hammered medieval coinage, with no surrounding legend. The relief is shallow and the surfaces show natural die wear consistent with hand-struck production. |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | The reverse displays a facing crowned head or helmeted bust rendered in low relief at the center of the flan, consistent with the typical iconography of Viennese pfennige issued under Duke Albrecht II. The portrait is broadly modeled with a simple crown or helmet indicated by incuse lines, surrounded by an unadorned field on the irregularly trimmed silver flan. No legend or inscription is present, as was customary for this series of small hammered deniers. The flat, featureless field surrounding the central device reflects the thin-flan hammering technique employed at the Vienna mint during this period. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information | Log in to see details |