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Pfennig - Berthold V of Aquileia Gutenwerth
| Issuer | Patriarchate of Aquileia |
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| Year | 1220-1228 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mint | Gutenwerth (Ottenstein) |
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Berthold V, a Bavarian-born member of the Andechs dynasty, held the Patriarchate of Aquileia during a period of intense friction between the papacy and Frederick II's imperial ambitions. His coinage at Gutenwerth — the island mint on the Wörthersee in Carinthia — reflects the patriarchs' determined exercise of regalian rights in a region where ecclesiastical and secular jurisdictions were perpetually contested. The Andechs family's network across the Alpine borderlands gave Berthold unusual political leverage, and his minting activity was as much a declaration of territorial authority as it was a practical monetary function.