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Denier - Leopold VI Vienna
| Issuer | Duchy of Austria |
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| Year | 1198-1230 |
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| Currency | Pfennig (976-1278) |
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| Reverse description | A quadruped animal, likely a panther or lion, depicted in profile facing right with its head turned back to the left, rendered in a schematic, stylized manner consistent with 13th-century Austrian die-cutting conventions. The figure is enclosed within a plain inner circle, with a surrounding border punctuated by a series of small six-pointed stars arranged in an arc in the upper field. The flan is irregular and the relief is weak in places due to the nature of hammered production. No inscriptions or legends are present on this face. |
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| Mint | Vienna |
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Leopold VI ruled Austria and Styria simultaneously from 1194, making him the most powerful territorial prince in the German-speaking world during his reign. His administration oversaw a dramatic expansion of Vienna as a commercial center, and the denier issues of this period circulated heavily along Danubian trade routes connecting Hungary with the Rhine merchant networks. The thin, broad fabric of these coins — a distinctly Austrian interpretation of the bracteate tradition — made them particularly vulnerable to folding and damage in purses, which partly explains why undamaged survivors are uncommon.