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1 Pfennig 'Vierzipfeliger Pfennig' - Konrad I
| Issuer | Breisgau, Landgraviate of |
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| Year | 1236-1272 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | Frontal facing bust of the landgrave in the field, with a six-pointed star to the sinister and a cross to the dexter. The design is enclosed within a beaded circle border. The bust is rendered in the schematic, flat style characteristic of 13th-century south-German bracteate-influenced pfennig coinage. |
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| Mintage | ND (1236-1272) |
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Konrad I of Freiburg held the Breisgau landgraviate during a period of intense fragmentation among Upper Rhenish lordships, and these bracteate-style pfennigs were struck under local authority rather than imperial oversight — a practical necessity in a region where long-distance monetary standardization was largely fictional. The "Vierzipfeliger" form, with its four-pointed clipping, reflects a regional minting convention specific to the upper Rhine valley rather than any broader German practice.