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Denier - Eberhard I Friesach
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Salzburg |
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| Year | 1147-1164 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Three standing figures depicted in high relief within a beaded border of radiating denticles encircling the entire field. The central and flanking figures are rendered as stylized architectural or ecclesiastical forms with rounded heads, likely representing saints or ecclesiastical dignitaries, consistent with the iconography of Salzburg episcopal coinage. Below the figures, a row of pellets or beads forms a base line, with a crescent or arch motif beneath. The design is executed in the bold, schematic Romanesque style characteristic of Friesach mint production under Archbishop Eberhard I. |
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| Mint | Friesach Mint |
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Friesach deniers were among the most economically significant coins in the medieval German-speaking world, circulating so widely across the Adriatic trade routes that "Friesacher" became a generic term for silver coinage in parts of the Balkans and Hungary. Eberhard I, Archbishop of Salzburg from 1147 to 1164, presided over a mint that effectively set the regional monetary standard — Hungarian rulers struck deliberate imitations rather than establish competing types.
The CNA Ca 6 attribution places this piece within the early Friesach sequence, before the type proliferated into the numerous ecclesiastical and secular imitations of the late 12th century.