Catalog
Pfennig - Bernard II Carniola and borderland coinage
| Issuer | Duchy of Carinthia (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1200 |
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| Value | 1 Pfennig |
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| Obverse description | Frontal standing figure of an archbishop in ecclesiastical vestments, holding a crozier in the left hand and a book in the right, set within a beaded or plain inner circle. Flanking the figure are partial elements typical of Carinthian bracteate-style pfennigs, including stylized foliage or architectural motifs at the sides. The die work is characteristic of 13th-century hammered coinage, with bold but somewhat crude relief. A partial Latin legend, reading ERIACENSIS, appears around the periphery, though it is incompletely visible due to the irregular flan. The overall style reflects the episcopal coinage tradition of the Salzburg archiepiscopal sphere of influence. |
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| Obverse lettering | ERIACENSIS |
| Reverse description | A crenellated fortified wall or tower motif occupies the central field, rendered in a schematic, low-relief style typical of medieval hammered pfennigs of the Carinthian region. The structure features a prominent arched gateway at its base, with battlements above and flanking turrets suggested by vertical projections. The design is enclosed within a beaded border, itself surrounded by a rope-like or plain outer rim. Details are weakly struck and partially obscured by the irregular planchet, consistent with the variable die alignment of this issue. The architectural imagery is characteristic of the ecclesiastical and civic coinage produced in the Austrian hereditary lands around 1200. |
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