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| Issuer | Archbishopric of Salzburg (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1247-1256 |
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| Value | 1 Denier (Pfennig) |
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| Obverse description | Central field dominated by a stylized architectural facade or gatehouse motif rendered in bold relief, with a prominent central tower or column surmounted by a crescent or arch form at the top. A horizontal bar divides the composition, below which appears a schematic frontal face or mask with two pellets serving as eyes and a central pellet at the chin, characteristic of the Romanesque bracteate-influenced pfennig tradition of the Salzburg archbishopric. The design is contained within a flat, unraised border, with no legible inscription present. The hammered flan is irregular in outline, typical of mid-thirteenth century Austrian ecclesiastical coinage. |
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| Reverse description | Reverse type depicts a rider or mounted figure shown in profile, seated upon a horse facing left, rendered in the highly schematic and stylized manner characteristic of Austrian pfennigs of the mid-thirteenth century. The figure appears to wear a cloak or mantle, with raised arms suggesting a gesturing posture; scattered pellets appear in the field. The design is enclosed within a plain inner circle, set on an irregularly shaped hammered flan with no surrounding legend. The low-relief die-work reflects the bracteate-influenced local coinage style of the Salzburg region under Archbishop Philip of Carinthia. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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