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Pfennig - Albrecht of Austria
| Issuer | Brno, City of |
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| Year | 1424-1435 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays a standing or striding armored figure, likely a representation of a knight or royal personage associated with Albrecht of Austria, rendered in a bold but somewhat crude hammered style consistent with provincial Moravian mint production of the 1420s–1430s. The design is weakly struck in areas due to the uneven flan, with surface details partially flattened. No legend or inscription is present on the reverse. The field is otherwise plain, and the overall composition is centered within the irregular coin boundary. The style reflects the characteristic simplicity of small-denomination pfennig coinage from the Brno Mint during this era. |
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| Mintage | ND (1424-1435) |
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Albrecht of Austria — later Holy Roman Emperor Albert II — held the Margraviate of Moravia through his marriage to Elisabeth of Luxembourg, and Brno's mint operated under his authority during a period of acute monetary instability driven by the Hussite wars. Bohemian coinage was being actively debased across the region, and small silver issues from loyal imperial cities like Brno served partly to assert political allegiance as much as economic function.