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Denier - Meinhard III Lienz
| Issuer | County of Görz (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1232-1258 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Within a beaded inner circle, a heraldic lion passant facing left, rendered in a crude but expressive medieval style typical of hammered bracteate-influenced deniers. The lion occupies the central field, with its body shown in profile and details of the mane lightly incuse. Encircling the beaded border, the Latin legend MEINHARDUS COMES runs around the periphery in uncial lettering, identifying the issuing count. |
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| Obverse lettering | MEINHARDUS COMES |
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Meinhard III ruled Görz during a period when the county was actively consolidating its hold over Tyrolean trade routes, and the Lienz mint served as a practical instrument of that ambition — coinage struck there circulated through Alpine passes carrying goods between Italy and the German lands. His son Meinhard II would eventually absorb Tyrol outright in 1271, making these deniers early artifacts of a dynasty on the verge of its greatest territorial expansion.