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Angster - Albrecht II
| Issuer | Zofingen, City of |
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| Year | 1330-1358 |
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| Weight | 0.33 g |
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| Obverse description | Within a raised inner circle, a stylized crown surmounted by a fan of peacock tail feathers rendered as a cluster of globular pellets arranged in a semicircular, bouquet-like formation. Beneath the crown, a small shield serves as the civic emblem of Zofingen. The design is executed in the bracteate tradition, with bold, simplified relief characteristic of medieval Swiss municipal coinage. No legend present; the field is otherwise plain. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Zofingen's coinage rights in this period derived from its status as a Habsburg possession — Albrecht II, Duke of Austria, held the city from 1330 until his death in 1358, and these tiny bracteate-influenced silver pieces circulated within a tight regional economy anchored by the town's textile trade. The Angster denomination itself was peculiar to the upper Rhine and Swiss regions, filling a gap in small-change supply that larger ecclesiastical and imperial mints had little interest in addressing.