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Hälbling - Bernhard von Spanheim
| Issuer | Duchy of Carinthia |
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| Year | 1202-1256 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Half-length frontal bust of Duke Bernhard von Spanheim, facing, rendered in a stylized Romanesque manner. The figure is flanked on either side by a diagonal staff or banner (flag), the shafts crossing or rising behind the shoulders. The bust is depicted with schematic facial features and simplified drapery, characteristic of mid-13th-century Carinthian bracteate-related coinage. No legend present. |
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| Reverse description | Standing male figure depicted frontally beneath a rounded arch, rendered in a flat, stylized Romanesque style. A fleur-de-lis or lily ornament appears in the upper left and upper right fields flanking the arch, while a cross surmounts the apex of the arch at centre. The overall composition is tightly contained within the small flan, with no inscription. The design reflects the architectural framing convention common to Carinthian Pfennig and Hälbling coinage of the 13th century. |
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Bernhard von Spanheim ruled Carinthia for over five decades, an unusually long tenure that allowed his mint output to accumulate in ways shorter reigns never permitted. The Hälbling — a half-pfennig denomination — was the small change of the Alpine trade economy, circulating through market towns and monastic transactions alike. Bernhard's issues are among the better-documented of the Spanheim dynasty, referenced in the Corpus Nummorum Austriacorum framework that brought order to what had long been a chaotic body of medieval Austrian bracteate and fractional coinage.