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1 Pfennig - Stephan III
| Issuer | Bavaria-Ingolstadt, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1402-1413 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central device depicting the Bavarian lion passant in high relief, rendered in the bold, somewhat schematic style characteristic of late medieval German bracteate-related coinage. The lion is shown facing left with open jaws, raised forepaw, and a pronounced tail curling upward, occupying the majority of the irregularly shaped flan. The field is plain with no surrounding legend, consistent with the anonymous bracteate tradition of small Pfennig coinage from the Duchy of Bavaria-Ingolstadt. The strike is uneven, reflecting hand-hammered production on a crudely cut flan. |
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| Reverse description | Incuse or blank reverse, typical of thin bracteate-style Pfennig coinage of the period, showing only the faint negative impression of the obverse lion design as a consequence of the single-die hammering technique. The surface is heavily worn and concave, with no intentional design or inscription present. The irregular flan edge is visible around the entire periphery. |
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Bavaria-Ingolstadt was one of the fractured successor territories produced by the 1392 partition of the Wittelsbach holdings among the sons of Duke Stephen II — a division that left each successor state economically cramped and politically vulnerable. Stephan III ruled Ingolstadt as the weakest of these fragments, perpetually squeezed between his Wittelsbach cousins in Munich and Landshut. Small silver pfennig issues like this one were struck to meet basic local exchange needs in a duchy that never managed to consolidate enough territory to mint anything more substantial.