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Pfennig - Albert I and Frederick III
| Issuer | Duchy of Styria (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1290-1325 |
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| Currency | Pfennig (800-1500) |
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| Obverse description | A heraldic shield bearing a horizontal fess, centrally placed within a decorative wreath composed of six stylized lilies arranged at regular intervals. The entire device is enclosed by a raised beaded or plain circular border. The design is characteristic of the Styrian bracteate-influenced pfennig tradition of the late 13th to early 14th century, struck with irregular flan edges typical of hammered coinage of the period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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This friesacher pfennig type was struck during a period of acute dynastic tension in the Alpine duchies. Albert I of Habsburg — later King of Germany until his murder in 1308 — and his nephew Frederick III co-administered Styria under arrangements that reflected the broader Habsburg consolidation of the former Babenberg territories, absorbed by Rudolf I following the Battle of Marchfeld in 1278. The CNA D77 classification places this firmly within the Styrian series rather than the Carinthian or Salzburg friesacher traditions, which share superficial similarities but differ in die workmanship and silver fineness.