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Denier - Leopold VI Enns
| Issuer | Austria, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1198-1230 |
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| Weight | 0.77 g |
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| Obverse description | Double-headed eagle displayed in high relief, rendered in a bold and stylized Romanesque manner characteristic of Austrian bracteate-influenced pfennig coinage. Both heads face outward to left and right respectively, with spread wings and talons visible at the base. The design fills the flan with no legend or border, consistent with anonymous ducal issues of the period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Leopold VI ruled the Duchy of Austria during one of its most expansionist periods, participating in the Fifth Crusade and the Albigensian Crusade while simultaneously consolidating ducal authority at home. The Enns mint was among several regional striking facilities operating under his authority, producing bracteate-influenced deniers characteristic of the eastern Alpine monetary tradition. These thin, small-module pieces circulated alongside coins from Friesach and Regensburg in a fragmented regional economy where no single issuer dominated.
CNA B 126 is documented but attribution of individual specimens can be complicated by the number of Austrian denier types sharing similar fabric from this reign.