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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 | 0.88 g |
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| Obverse description | Full-length frontal effigy of a standing duke, depicted in regal attire and holding a sword in each raised hand, conveying a heraldic, symmetrical composition characteristic of medieval Carinthian bracteate-influenced coinage. The figure is rendered in a stylized, flat relief typical of 13th-century Austrian hammered silver. An outer inscription legend in Latin characters is confined between two concentric beaded or linear circles framing the central design. |
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| Reverse description | A frontal bust portrait, likely of a saint or ecclesiastical figure, positioned centrally between two columns each surmounted by a lily finial, with the columns joined above by a beaded or pearled arch. A cross rises above the arch in the upper field, reinforcing the religious iconography associated with the Heiligenkreuz (Holy Cross) attribution. The entire design is enclosed within a double beaded circle, a hallmark of Austrian regional Pfennig coinage of the early 13th century. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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