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Meran Zwanziger - Kreuzer - Meinhard II Méran
| Issuer | Tyrol, County of |
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| Year | 1274-1306 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Central field dominated by a large patriarchal or eight-pointed cross with extended arms reaching toward the coin's irregular hammered edge, enclosed within a beaded inner circle. The four quadrants formed by the cross arms each contain a pellet or small ornamental device. The ruler's name is inscribed in uncial Latin letters divided across the four quadrants of the outer field, reading ME / IN / AR / DVS (MEINARDVS), referencing Count Meinhard II of Tyrol. The overall style is characteristic of late 13th-century Tirolean bracteate-influenced coinage, with bold, deeply struck relief on a thin flan. |
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| Obverse lettering | ME / / IN / / AR / / DVS |
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Meinhard II consolidated Tyrolean power with unusual speed — by 1271 he had united the County of Tyrol through inheritance and strategic marriage, and by 1286 he had extracted the Duchy of Carinthia from Rudolf of Habsburg as reward for military support. The Merano mint, operating from the town that served as his administrative center, issued these Kreuzer as part of a deliberate effort to standardize exchange across Alpine trade routes connecting Italy and the German lands. The coin type takes its name from the city.