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Denier - Adalbert III of Bohemia Friesach, one-sided type
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Salzburg |
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| Year | 1183-1200 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Blank reverse, as expected of a one-sided (einseitig) bracteate-type pfennig. The surface shows the incuse mirror impression of the obverse design, with the characteristic irregular, slightly concave flan produced by the single-die hammering technique employed at the Friesach mint during the late 12th century. No deliberate design, legend, or device was intended on this face. |
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Adalbert III served as Archbishop of Salzburg during one of the most turbulent periods of the Salzburg church's political history — caught between the competing claims of the Holy Roman Empire and the papacy, he was twice expelled from his see and died in exile in 1200. These Friesach-type pfennigs were struck at the Salzburg mint in Friesach, a Carinthian town whose coins became so widely trusted in central European trade that "Friesacher" became a regional monetary standard used far beyond the archbishopric's borders for over a century.