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1 Pfennig - Austrian Interregnum
| Issuer | Austria, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1246-1251 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse description | Two intermingled or confronted dragons depicted in a highly stylized, interlaced arrangement, their bodies rendered in low relief with schematic detail characteristic of 13th-century Austrian minor coinage. The design fills the central field of the flan without a surrounding legend, the creatures' forms intertwining to create a symmetrical heraldic composition. The broad, irregular flan and soft strike are consistent with hammered silver pfennig production of the Interregnum period (1246–1251). |
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| Mintage | ND (1246-1251) |
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The "Austrian Interregnum" following the death of Friedrich II — the last Babenberg duke, killed at the Battle of the Lech in 1246 — left the duchy without a settled ruler for over five years. Several claimants pressed competing rights, and coinage continued under uncertain authority, minted likely at Vienna or Krems with no single issuing power firmly in control.
CNA#B 153 places this piece within that disputed sequence. Attribution to specific years within the 1246–1251 window remains tentative.