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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 description | Full-length frontal figure of a standing bishop in episcopal vestments, holding a codex or Gospel book in his raised left hand and an upright cross-staff in his right hand. The figure occupies the central field, rendered in the flat, linear style characteristic of early 13th-century Austrian bracteate-influenced pfennigs. A circular legend in Latin uncial script runs between two concentric circles framing the entire design. |
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| Reverse description | Above a double-arched romanesque wall or gateway, two distinct charges are depicted: to the left, a bareheaded male bust in profile, and to the right, a left-facing eagle. Above the eagle, a six-pointed star is flanked by two small crosses. The entire composition is enclosed within a double beaded circle, consistent with the die-engraving conventions of the Carniolan regional coinage of the early 13th century. |
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Berthold V, Duke of Merania, was appointed Patriarch of Aquileia in 1218 by Pope Honorius III as part of broader imperial-papal maneuvering in northeastern Italy. His coinage from the Gutenwerth mint — on an island in the Wörthersee — reflects Aquileia's unusual position as both an ecclesiastical and temporal power controlling key Alpine passes between the Empire and the Adriatic. The Gutenwerth mint itself had a short operational window, making issues attributable specifically to that facility considerably scarcer than those struck at Aquileia proper.