Pfennig - Albert I and Frederick III

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.