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Pfennig - Bernhard of Carinthia Landstraß
| Issuer | Duchy of Carinthia (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1200-1256 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse features a crenellated wall or architectural structure in the lower portion of the field, above which rise two facing busts in profile, rendered in a stylized Romanesque manner. Between the two busts stands a palm tree or foliate column, serving as a central dividing motif. Above each bust appears a small ring or annulet. The overall composition is enclosed within a beaded or rope border following the coin's irregular outline, consistent with the hammered bracteate-related coinage tradition of the Carinthian duchy. |
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| Mint | Landstraß (Novo Mesto) |
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Bernhard of Spanheim ruled Carinthia from 1202 until his death in 1256, and his coinage reflects a duchy caught between the competing pressures of the Babenberg dukes of Austria and the ambitions of the Bohemian crown — tensions that would ultimately see Carinthia absorbed by Ottokar II shortly after Bernhard's line died out. Landstraß, now Kostanjevica na Krki in modern Slovenia, was one of several regional minting sites operating under ducal authority during this period.
The CNA Ca4 attribution places this among the bracteate-adjacent thin silver issues characteristic of the region's mid-thirteenth century output.