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1 Pfennig - Bernhard von Spanheim
| Issuer | Carinthia, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1202-1256 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Frontal effigy of the enthroned duke seated facing, depicted in simplified Romanesque style, holding a horizontal sword across his body. Flanking figures or architectural elements appear at either side of the central figure. The strike is characteristic of mid-13th-century Austrian hammered bracteate-influenced pfennig coinage, with bold relief on an irregularly shaped flan. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Bernhard von Spanheim ruled Carinthia for over five decades — one of the longest ducal reigns of the medieval German principalities — during which the Spanheim dynasty reached its territorial peak before its eventual extinction in the male line. These small bracteate-style pfennigs were the workhorse currency of alpine trade routes connecting the Adriatic hinterland to the northern silver-mining regions of the Erzgebirge. The CNA reference places this squarely within the Kärnten regional coinage framework established by Castelin's corpus.