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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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| Weight | 1.02 g |
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| Obverse description | Facing bust of a bishop in pontifical vestments, holding two swords, one in each hand, rendered in stylized medieval fashion. A six-pointed star rises above the bust, projecting into the surrounding inscription area. A circular legend in Latin runs between two concentric beaded or pelleted circles enclosing the central device. The engraving reflects the crude but characteristic hammered style of early 13th-century Austrian bracteate-influenced pfennig coinage. |
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| Reverse description | A schematized architectural facade rendered as a brick or ashlar wall surmounted by a frontal bust of an angel with outstretched wings in a formal, hieratic style. The facade incorporates two rounded archways flanked and separated by three small rings or pellets. The entire design is enclosed by a double beaded circle serving as the border. The composition is typical of Romanesque-influenced ecclesiastical coin imagery from 13th-century Carinthian minting. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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