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Denier - Eberhard II von Regensberg Friesach
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Salzburg |
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| Year | 1200-1246 |
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| Value | 1 Pfennig |
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| Obverse description | Frontal bust of a bishop in pontifical vestments, holding a crozier in his right hand and a book in his left, enclosed within a beaded inner circle. A peripheral legend in Latin surrounds the central motif within the outer border. The figure is rendered in the crude but expressive style characteristic of Austrian Friesacher Pfennige of the early 13th century. |
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| Reverse description | Two inverted facing heads arranged symmetrically in the lower portion of the field, flanked by two large six-pointed stars in the upper field, all enclosed within two concentric denticulated or dented circles. The design elements are boldly struck and typical of the Friesach-type coinage produced under Archbishop Eberhard II of Salzburg. |
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Friesach deniers were among the most widely circulated silver coins in the medieval eastern Alpine trade network, accepted across Carinthia, Styria, and into the Balkans at a time when monetary standardization across the region was otherwise nonexistent. Eberhard II served as Archbishop of Salzburg from 1200 to 1246 — a tenure that spanned the height of Friesach coinage's commercial dominance — and his issues represent some of the most prolific output from that mint.
The type's broad circulation eventually prompted imitation by regional lords across Slovenia and Hungary, complicating attribution of surviving specimens to specific issuing authorities.