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Pfennig - Berthold V of Aquileia Gutenwerth
| Issuer | Patriarchate of Aquileia |
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| Year | 1200-1235 |
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| Currency | Pfennig (1000-1600) |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays a heraldic eagle displayed within a lozenged or cross-hatched shield, rendered in the Romanesque style characteristic of early 13th-century Austrian Pfennige. Surrounding the central device are stylized foliate or scroll motifs arranged around the periphery of the irregularly shaped flan. The design is boldly struck in high relief, with the eagle's wings spread and details of plumage indicated by incised lines. The field around the shield bears additional decorative elements including crescent or star-like symbols typical of Gutenwerth mint issues. |
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| Mintage | ND (1200-1235) |
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Berthold V governed the Patriarchate of Aquileia from 1218 to 1251, making the tighter end of this date range more probable for this issue. The patriarchs of Aquileia held both ecclesiastical and secular coinage rights — a combination that made their mint at Gurk, and later at Aquileia itself, politically significant well beyond its output volume. Berthold was a member of the Andechs-Meran dynasty, a family whose influence stretched from Bavaria to the Adriatic and whose members occupied multiple episcopal sees simultaneously.
The Gutenwerth attribution places production at the island mint on the Wörthersee in Carinthia.