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Pfennig - Berthold V of Aquileia Gutenwerth
| Issuer | Patriarchate of Aquileia |
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| Year | 1228-1246 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Within a beaded inner arc, a crowned episcopal figure shown in frontal bust, wearing liturgical vestments and holding a crozier or sceptre in the right hand; the effigy is rendered in the bold, schematic style characteristic of medieval Austrian-region bracteate-influenced pfennigs. A partial Latin legend runs along the outer border of the flan, segmented and partially illegible due to the irregular hammered flan. The overall design reflects the Romanesque artistic conventions typical of ecclesiastical coinage of the mid-thirteenth century. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Berthold V served as Patriarch of Aquileia from 1218 to 1251, appointed by Pope Honorius III as part of broader efforts to stabilize ecclesiastical authority in the Friuli region during a period of sustained conflict between imperial and papal factions. His coinage was struck at Gutenwerth — present-day Otok pri Škofji Loki in Slovenia — a mint site the Patriarchate operated intermittently as it navigated the competing territorial pressures of the Hohenstaufen emperors and the rising communes of northern Italy. Berthold maintained a politically delicate balancing act, nominally loyal to Frederick II while preserving Aquileian autonomy.