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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 |
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| Mint | Vienna (Wien) |
| Mintage | ND (1251-1276) |
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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.