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Denier - Eberhard II of Regensburg
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Salzburg (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1200-1246 |
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| Value | 1 Denier (Pfennig) |
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| Obverse description | Facing bust of Archbishop Eberhard II in high relief, depicted in ecclesiastical vestments with mitre, rendered in the broad, flat hammered style characteristic of early 13th-century Austrian bracteate-influenced deniers. The figure is shown frontally within a plain field, with stylized drapery folds indicated by incuse lines. The overall composition displays the angular, somewhat abstract artistic conventions typical of Salzburg mint production of the period. |
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| Reverse description | A bold cross pattée at centre, with four pellets or roundels positioned in each quadrant between the arms of the cross, surrounded by a radiating or petal-like ornamental pattern extending toward the coin's irregular periphery. Small annulets are distributed around the cross, framed by a beaded border. The design is characteristic of the decorative reverse types employed at the Salzburg mint during the early 13th century, reflecting the Regensburg stylistic influence. |
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Eberhard II held the archbishopric of Salzburg through one of the most turbulent stretches of medieval German politics, navigating repeated conflicts with the Hohenstaufen emperors — he was excommunicated, exiled, and reinstated more than once during his tenure. His coinage reflects the fractured political reality of the period, with episcopal mints asserting independent monetary authority precisely because central imperial control was so contested. The CNA A37 type is struck on a broad, thin flan characteristic of the south German denier tradition of the early thirteenth century, and specimens frequently show edge splits as a direct consequence of that fabric.