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| Emittent | Duchy of Austria |
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| Jahr | 1251-1276 |
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| Währung | Pfennig (976-1278) |
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| Reversbeschreibung | Heraldic lion passant facing sinister (left), depicted within a shield or inner circular border, rendered in the bold, stylized manner typical of Austrian ducal coinage under Ottokar II. The lion's body is shown in profile with characteristic medieval decorative treatment of the mane and haunches. A small crown or decorative element appears above the shield at the upper field. No legend is present, consistent with anonymous Pfennig issues of this period. |
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| Auflage | ND (1251-1276) |
| Zusätzliche Informationen |
Ottokar II acquired Austria in 1251 by marrying the widowed Duchess Margaret of Babenberg, exploiting the dynastic vacuum left by the extinction of the Babenberg line the previous year. His minting activity in Austria was aggressive and deliberate — he used coinage reform as an instrument of administrative consolidation across his expanding territories, which eventually stretched from Silesia to the Adriatic. The thin, bracteate-influenced pfennigs of this period were already degraded in silver content by regional custom long before his reign, a trend Ottokar inherited rather than reversed.
His defeat and death at the Battle on the Marchfeld in 1278 transferred Austrian rule to Rudolf of Habsburg.