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Pfennig - Albert I
| Issuer | Duchy of Austria (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1282-1298 |
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| Value | Denier (Pfennig) (1) |
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| Reverse description | A shield bearing a plain horizontal fess (band) is displayed beneath a triple-arched arcade, each arch springing from slender columns. The interior spandrels or arch soffit areas are decorated with three stylized lilies, evoking Gothic architectural ornamentation common to Austrian coinage of the Babenberg and early Habsburg periods. The composition is contained within the roughly circular, irregular flan with no surrounding legend. The relief is shallow, consistent with the hammered technique employed for Pfennige of this era. |
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| Mintage | ND (1282-1298) |
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Albert I inherited Austria following the death of his father Rudolf I of Habsburg in 1291, but his authority over the duchy predates that — he was confirmed as co-ruler alongside his brother Rudolf II as early as 1282, the year the Habsburgs formally wrested control of Austria from Ottokar II of Bohemia. The bracketed date range on this issue reflects genuine uncertainty about where within Albert's Austrian tenure specific die pairings fall, a problem compounded by the near-total absence of mint records from this period.