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Denier - Leopold VI Enns
| 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 | A lion passant or walking to the right, depicted in high relief in the angular, stylized Romanesque manner typical of Austrian deniers of the early 13th century. The mane and body details are rendered with bold, simplified lines. The figure occupies most of the field within a plain inner circle, with no surrounding legend. The irregular flan edges are characteristic of hammered coinage of the period. |
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| Mintage | ND (1198-1230) |
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Leopold VI ruled Austria and Styria simultaneously from 1194, and his reign saw Enns function as one of the duchy's principal minting sites. The Enns mint had roots going back to the Babenberg consolidation of coinage rights, and deniers from this facility circulated widely across the eastern Alpine trade routes connecting the Danube corridor to the Adriatic. Leopold's coinage policy was shaped in part by his need to finance crusading activity — he participated in both the Fifth Crusade and campaigns in southern France against the Albigensians.
CNA B 122 is among the more frequently encountered Babenberg denier types, though condition varies sharply due to thin planchets prone to irregular striking.