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Pfennig - Bernard II Gutenwerth
| Issuer | Duchy of Carinthia (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1202-1256 |
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| Weight | 0.89 g |
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| Reverse description | Incuse impression of the obverse design, as is characteristic of bracteate or thin hammered pfennig coinage of this type. The ghosted reverse image shows the bust of the Duke set within an arched frame decorated with lily finials, surmounting a cross motif. Hair detail, typically rendered by a series of pellets in well-struck examples of this type, is absent on this specimen. The architectural arch framing the bust reflects the Romanesque artistic conventions prevalent in Carinthian ecclesiastical and secular iconography of the early 13th century. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Bernard II ruled Carinthia during a period of near-constant tension with the Archbishopric of Salzburg over territorial and ecclesiastical rights — conflicts that periodically disrupted the duke's ability to mint with any consistency. The CNA Cj128 type belongs to the bracteate-adjacent fracher pfennig tradition of the southeastern Alpine mints, where thin, locally-circulating silver served regional markets rather than long-distance trade routes.