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Denier - Otakar IV Fischau
| Issuer | Duchy of Styria |
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| Year | 1164-1192 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central field features an eight-spoked wheel or star motif enclosed within a double beaded circle, evoking a stylized wheel cross or rota design typical of mid-12th-century Austrian and Styrian bracteate-influenced coinage. The surrounding field carries a border of small decorative symbols or abbreviated letter forms distributed around the periphery of the flan. The irregular, broad flan and shallow relief are consistent with hammered pfennig production of the period. |
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Otakar IV ruled Styria while suffering from severe gout that left him largely incapacitated in his later years, a condition that reportedly drove his 1186 decision to sign the Georgenberger Handfeste — the treaty ceding Styria to the Babenbergs of Austria upon his death without an heir. The Fischau mint, active under his authority, sits along the Schwarza river in Lower Austria, then within the Styrian sphere of influence.
CNA B72 is a scarce type within the broader Otakar IV series, reflecting the fragmented output of a duchy in the process of being administratively transferred.