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Pfennig - Albrecht V
| Issuer | Duchy of Austria |
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| Year | 1416-1439 |
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| Currency | Pfennig (976-1278) |
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| Obverse description | Central device depicts the Austrian arms: a stylized eagle or heraldic charge rendered in the characteristic Gothic bracteate-influenced style typical of late medieval Austrian pfennigs, with vertical lines suggestive of a divided shield or architectural element flanked by subsidiary decorative motifs. The design is executed in low relief with the crude, hand-struck irregularity characteristic of hammered coinage. The flan is irregular and slightly polygonal in outline, with the device occupying the majority of the field. No legible inscription is present, consistent with the anonymous bracteate-related pfennig tradition of the Duchy of Austria under Duke Albrecht V. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse is entirely blank and uniface in appearance, displaying only the flat, striated surface typical of hammered silver pfennigs of this period, where the striking process leaves a characteristic textured impression on the unreworked planchet side. No design, inscription, or device is present. The irregular polygonal flan edge is visible around the perimeter. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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