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Pfennig - Bernard II Heiligenkreuz
| Issuer | Duchy of Carinthia (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1202-1256 |
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| Weight | 0.9 g |
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| Obverse description | Central field depicts a mounted knight in full armor riding to the right, rendered in the bold, schematic style characteristic of 13th-century Austrian bracteate-influenced pfennigs. The rider is shown holding a lance or sword aloft, with heraldic attendant figures flanking the composition on either side. The design is executed in high relief with strongly stylized, angular forms typical of the Carinthian hammered coinage of the period. No legible legend is present; the irregular flan edge is characteristic of hand-cut hammered silver blanks. The overall die work reflects the provincial workshop tradition of the Heiligenkreuz mint under Duke Bernard II. |
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| Mintage | ND (1202-1256) |
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Bernard II ruled Carinthia for over five decades, an unusually long tenure that produced considerable minting activity at Heiligenkreuz — a mint whose output from this period remains poorly documented in the broader literature. CNA Cq58 places this issue within a typological sequence rather than a precise date, reflecting the genuine difficulty of attributing Carinthian bracteate-era pfennigs to specific years within long reigns.