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1 Pfennig - Frederick II
| Issuer | Austria, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1230-1246 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Two heraldic beasts displayed back-to-back within a plain inner circle: a lion passant to the left occupying the sinister field and an eagle with wings displayed occupying the dexter field. The figures are rendered in the bold, schematic style characteristic of Austrian bracteate-influenced pfennigs of the mid-13th century, with no legend or inscription in the field. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Frederick II of Austria — "the Quarrelsome" — was in near-constant conflict with Emperor Frederick II Hohenstaufen throughout the 1230s, at one point being stripped of his duchy entirely in 1236 and outlawed from the empire. Austrian coinage continued to be struck regardless, a practical necessity that politics could not interrupt. He died without legitimate heirs at the Battle of the Leitha in 1246, extinguishing the Babenberg male line and triggering a succession crisis that would eventually deliver Austria to the Habsburgs.