Catalog
Pfennig - Bernard II Heiligenkreuz
| Issuer | Duchy of Carinthia (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1220-1240 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Within a beaded inner circle, a lion passant bearing a cross advances to the left, rendered in a bold, archaic hammered style typical of 13th-century Austrian bracteate-influenced coinage. The field surrounding the lion is relatively plain. A peripheral legend in Latin characters runs between two concentric circles framing the design, reading +LANDESTROS, referencing the mint town of Landstraß (modern-day Novo Mesto). The overall strike is irregular, consistent with hand-hammered medieval technique. |
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| Reverse description | Above a stylized brick or ashlar facade, rendered with four vertical divisions suggesting an architectural gateway or wall, rise two facing busts in profile, each surmounted by a small ring or annulet. Between the two busts, a trefoil or three-leaved palm branch emerges symmetrically, serving as a heraldic divider. The entire composition is enclosed within a double beaded circle. The design is executed in low relief with the crude, flat character typical of hammered medieval pfennigs from the Carinthian region. |
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| Mint | Landstraß (Novo Mesto) |
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