Pfennig - Bernard II Heiligenkreuz

Bernard II ruled Carinthia from 1202 until his death in 1256, and his coinage reflects the period when the Friesacher Pfennig system dominated Alpine trade networks — a regional monetary standard so pervasive that Friesach-type bracteate-influenced denars circulated as far as Hungary and the Balkans. The Heiligenkreuz attribution ties this issue to the mint operating under ecclesiastical influence near the Cistercian abbey, though precise mint attribution for Carinthian pfennigs of this period remains contested among specialists.

CNA Co8 places this squarely within a typologically dense series where die links between issues are still being worked out.