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1 Pfennig - Ottokar II of Bohemia
| Issuer | Duchy of Austria |
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| Year | 1251-1276 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Bracteate-style hammered silver pfennig struck under Ottokar II of Bohemia as Duke of Austria. The obverse displays a highly stylized heraldic device in low relief, likely a panther or lion passant rendered in the characteristic abstracted manner of mid-thirteenth-century Austrian bracteate coinage. The design elements are boldly struck but show the irregular flan typical of hand-hammered medieval issues, with the central motif occupying the majority of the field. No legible legend or inscription is present, consistent with contemporary Viennese pfennig coinage of this period. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse of this hammered pfennig presents an incuse or weakly defined secondary impression, typical of uniface or near-uniface bracteate-style coinage of thirteenth-century Austria. Faint traces of a heraldic or zoomorphic motif are discernible, likely the ghost image resulting from the striking technique on a thin silver flan. The surface is worn and the flan edges are irregular, consistent with the artisanal production methods of the Vienna Mint during the reign of Ottokar II. No inscription or legend is present on the reverse. |
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| Mintage | ND (1251-1276) |
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