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Denier - Duke Leopold VI Vienna
| Issuer | Duchy of Austria |
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| Year | 1198-1230 |
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| Value | Denier (Pfennig) (1) |
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| Reverse description | Incuse mirror image of the obverse type, as is characteristic of the thin hammered bracteate-style pfennig fabric of the Austrian duchy. The central motif of the crown with cross and volutes appears in shallow negative relief, with the beaded border partially visible around the irregular flan edge. Surface shows typical die wear and metal flow consistent with hand-struck medieval silver coinage of the Vienna mint. |
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| Mint | Vienna |
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Leopold VI ruled the Duchy of Austria and Styria simultaneously from 1194, consolidating Habsburg predecessor territory at a moment when Alpine trade routes were generating enough commercial traffic to demand a reliable local silver coinage. The Vienna mint's output under his long reign became sufficiently standardized that these deniers circulated well beyond ducal borders into Bohemian and Hungarian markets.
CNA B101 is among the better-documented types of the Austrian bracteate-adjacent series — thin, broad flans prone to edge splits, which accounts for the relative difficulty of finding intact examples today.