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Pfennig - Bernard II Heiligenkreuz

Issuer Duchy of Carinthia (Austrian States)
Year 1220-1240
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Shape Round (irregular)
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Obverse script Latin
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Bernard II ruled Carinthia from 1202 until his death in 1256, and his coinage from the Heiligenkreuz mint reflects the fragmented monetary authority that characterized the Alpine duchies during the first half of the thirteenth century. The Holy Cross (Heiligenkreuz) mint operated under ducal privilege in a region where ecclesiastical and secular minting rights frequently overlapped and conflicted.

CNA Cq41 places this type within a sequence distinguished by subtle cross and arch variations that remain the primary tool for attribution within Bernard's issues.