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1 Pfennig - Ottokar II of Bohemia
| Issuer | Austria, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1251-1276 |
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| Currency | Pfennig (976-1278) |
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| Reverse description | A lion passant or walking to the right, rendered in the robust, stylized manner typical of 13th-century Austrian hammered coinage. The heraldic beast is depicted with clearly articulated body, raised forepaw, and a prominent tail curving upward. The figure occupies the majority of the irregular flan, with no surrounding legend. The crude but expressive workmanship is consistent with the hand-cut die technique of the period. |
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| Mintage | ND (1251-1276) |
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Ottokar II acquired the Duchy of Austria in 1251 through his marriage to Margaret of Babenberg, exploiting the dynastic vacuum left by the extinction of the Babenberg line. He ruled Austria until Rudolf of Habsburg defeated and killed him at the Battle on the Marchfeld in 1278 — one of the most consequential engagements in medieval Central European history, effectively founding Habsburg dominance over the region for the next six centuries.
The CNA B 159 classification places this within the broader Viennese pfennig tradition, a bracteate-influenced thin silver coinage that dominated Austrian monetary circulation through the high medieval period.