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Denier - Duke Leopold VI Vienna
| Issuer | Duchy of Austria |
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| Year | 1198-1230 |
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| Weight | 0.8 g |
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| Obverse description | Central device composed of a stylized ducal crown or crescent-like arc surmounted by a cross pattée, with two outward-curling volutes or bird-like appendages flanking the sides, and a trefoil or pellet arrangement below. The design is set within a plain inner ring, surrounded by an outer beaded border following the irregular polygonal flan. The overall composition is characteristic of the Viennese bracteate-influenced pfennig tradition, rendered in bold low relief typical of hammered Austrian medieval coinage. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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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.