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Pfennig - Bernard II Carniola and borderland coinage
| Issuer | Duchy of Carinthia (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1220-1240 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Enthroned duke seated facing, shown frontally in regal posture, holding a lily scepter in his left hand. The figure is rendered in the Romanesque style characteristic of early 13th-century Austrian bracteate coinage, with stylized drapery indicated by vertical striations on the torso. The legend partially encircles the enthroned figure, reading ☩ D[V]X [BERNHAR?]D[V]S, identifying Duke Bernard II. The coin presents an irregular flan typical of hammered medieval pfennigs, with the design occupying most of the available field. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Bernard II of Spanheim ruled Carinthia from 1202 until his death in 1256, and his coinage reflects the fragmented minting authority characteristic of early thirteenth-century Austrian duchies, where border territories often struck independently under ducal license. The designation "Carniola and borderland" signals issues tied to the March of Carniola, a region Bernard administered alongside Carinthia proper — a dual authority that generated distinct regional types under the same ruler.
CNA Cr28 places this type within a tightly clustered sequence; Luschin's earlier classification under #206 remains the standard cross-reference for Austrian bracteate-adjacent pfennig scholarship.