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Pfennig - Bernard of Carniola Tschatesch
| Issuer | Duchy of Carinthia (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1220 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Frontal ducal effigy depicted in bust form, the figure shown with a sword shouldered over the right shoulder and the left hand raised. The bust is rendered in a flat, archaic hammered style characteristic of early 13th-century Austrian Pfennig coinage. A circular Latin legend appears in the field between two concentric border circles, reading partially +[DVX A]V [NC], referencing the ducal title. |
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| Reverse description | A central fine cross occupies the field, with four smaller crosses arranged in each quadrant formed by the arms of the main cross, creating a cross-and-crosslets pattern typical of medieval Austrian bracteate-related coinage. The design is geometric and symmetrical, executed in the hammered technique with characteristic irregularity. A partial Latin legend is inscribed in the outer field between two concentric circular border lines, reading + [---]TIARA, likely referencing the mint or issuing authority. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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