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Pfennig - Bernard II Heiligenkreuz
| Issuer | Duchy of Carinthia (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1220-1240 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central cross motif composed of four smaller crosses arranged symmetrically within the arms of a larger implied cross, with a fine incuse cross at the very center of the composition. The geometric design is typical of the Heiligenkreuz (Holy Cross) iconographic tradition associated with this issue. A circular Latin legend surrounds the device in the outer field, bounded by two concentric line circles. |
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Bernard II ruled Carinthia from 1202 until his death in 1256, and the Heiligenkreuz issues produced under his authority represent a concentrated moment in the fragmentation of minting rights across the Alpine duchies during the early thirteenth century. The Cistercian abbey at Heiligenkreuz — founded in 1133 by Margrave Leopold III — held minting privileges that intersected with ducal authority in ways that remain contested among specialists working this series.
CNA Cq66 is among the thinner-flan bracteate-influenced pfennigs of the Austrian regional sequence, struck at a time when the Vienna mint had not yet consolidated regional production.