Denaro - Marquard of Randeck Tyrol cross

Marquard of Randeck served as Patriarch of Aquileia from 1365 until his death in 1381, navigating the chronic territorial pressure that the Habsburgs were exerting on the patriarchate throughout this period. The Tyrol cross device on this issue reflects a deliberate political alignment — or at minimum an acknowledgment of regional power — as Habsburg influence over the southern Alpine mints was tightening considerably during these decades.

Aquileian denaroes of this type are documented in Bernardi's corpus as relatively scarce survivors, the patriarchate's mint output being modest compared to contemporary northern Italian civic issues.