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1 Pfennig - Ottokar II of Bohemia Wien
| Issuer | Duchy of Austria (Ottokar II) |
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| Year | 1251-1276 |
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| Reference(s) | CNA#B 168, Koch Pf#165, Luschin#77 |
| Obverse description | Central device depicts a stylized panther or heraldic beast in profile within a beaded or incuse circle, rendered in the crude but characteristic manner of 13th-century Austrian bracteate-influenced pfennigs. The figure occupies the majority of the flat hammered field, with details of the creature's head and body visible despite significant die wear and metal flow typical of the type. No legible legend is present; the design relies entirely on the pictorial motif as an issuer identifier. The flan is irregular in outline with a slightly cusped edge resulting from hand-cutting of the silver planchet. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Ottokar II seized Austria in 1251 by marrying the Babenberg heiress Margaret, then absorbed Styria, Carinthia, and Carniola over the following decade — briefly making him the most powerful ruler in the German-speaking world and a serious candidate for the imperial throne. This Wien pfennig belongs to that period of aggressive Přemyslid expansion into formerly Babenberg territory, issued from a mint Ottokar controlled for only twenty-five years before Rudolf of Habsburg wrested Austria from him at the Battle on the Marchfeld in 1278, where Ottokar was killed.