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Pfennig - Bernard II Landstraß
| Issuer | Duchy of Carinthia (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1220-1240 |
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| Value | 1 Pfennig |
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| Obverse description | A stag passant to the left with head turned back in the field, accompanied by three rings disposed about the figure. The central device is enclosed within a double circular border, between which runs a wreath or chain of rings forming a decorative collar around the perimeter. The composition reflects the heraldic tradition of the Duchy of Carinthia, rendered in the bold, simplified style characteristic of Austrian hammered bracteate-influenced coinage of the early thirteenth century. |
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| Reverse description | A mitred bishop's bust facing forward, flanked on either side by a tower, each surmounted by a cross. Above the episcopal bust appears an eight-petaled rosette, itself accompanied by three small rings arranged above and two below, lending the composition a structured, symmetrical quality. The entire design is contained within a double beaded circle border. The imagery likely alludes to the ecclesiastical authority associated with the Duchy of Carinthia and reflects the Romanesque decorative vocabulary prevalent in early thirteenth-century Central European coinage. |
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Bernard II ruled Carinthia from 1202 until his death in 1256, and his bracteate-style pfennigs from the Landstraß mint reflect the fragmented monetary output typical of the Carinthian duchies during the Hohenstaufen period. Landstraß — modern-day Kostanjevica na Krki in Slovenia — was a relatively minor ducal mint, and issues attributable specifically to it survive in small numbers. The CNA Cn8 attribution places this firmly within Castelin's systematic organization of Austrian medieval bracteates.