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1 Pfennig - Bernhard von Spanheim
| Issuer | Carinthia, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1202-1256 |
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| Currency | Pfennig (800-1500) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Bernhard von Spanheim ruled Carinthia for over five decades, an unusually long tenure that produced a relatively consistent coinage compared to the fractured output of neighboring duchies. The Spanheim dynasty had held Carinthia since 1122, and by Bernhard's reign the family's minting rights were well-established across several Carinthian workshops. These thin silver pfennigs — bracteate-adjacent in their fabric though struck on both faces — were the workhorse denomination of Alpine trade, circulating into Styria and Friuli along the same routes that carried salt and iron.