Catalog
Pfennig - Bernard II Carniola and borderland coinage
| Issuer | Duchy of Carinthia (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1220-1240 |
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| Value | 1 Pfennig |
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| Reverse description | Bust of a bishop shown facing, rendered in Romanesque style, with his hands raised and supporting a stylized architectural structure above his head comprising a central dome flanked by two towers. The composition is a schematic representation of a cathedral or church facade, a common hagiographic device on medieval Austrian ecclesiastical coinage. The bishop's vestments are indicated by simple linear engraving. The reverse field is plain with no surviving legible legend, consistent with the type as catalogued under CNA Cr28. |
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| Mintage | ND (1220-1240) |
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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.