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Pfennig - Berthold V of Aquileia Gutenwerth
| Issuer | Patriarchate of Aquileia |
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| Year | 1218-1251 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field depicts a frontal bust of a mitred bishop or patriarch, likely representing Berthold V, shown wearing ecclesiastical vestments with stylized drapery below. Flanking the central figure are two tower-like architectural elements, possibly representing the castle or fortification of Gutenwerth. Above the central bust a patriarchal or plain cross rises prominently, with additional smaller crosses or decorative elements in the upper field. The entire design is contained within a plain inner circle set against an irregularly shaped flan typical of hammered medieval coinage. The style is characteristic of the crude but expressive Romanesque die-cutting of the early thirteenth century. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Berthold V, Count of Merania before his appointment as Patriarch in 1218, used his Gutenwerth mint — on an island in the Wörthersee — as one of several production points in a patriarchate that functioned more as a territorial principality than an ecclesiastical seat. His long tenure coincided with sustained friction between the patriarchate and the rising communes of Friuli, and coinage was very much an instrument of that political contest. The Gutenwerth pieces are distinguished from his other mint outputs primarily by die study rather than obvious surface markers.