Berthold V, a member of the Andechs-Meranien dynasty, held the Patriarchate of Aquileia during one of its more turbulent decades — the 1220s saw repeated friction between the patriarchs and the expanding ambitions of Frederick II, who was simultaneously consolidating imperial authority across northern Italy. Gutenwerth, the island mint site on the Gurk River in Carinthia, was a deliberate exercise of territorial coining rights at a distance from the patriarchate's Italian core.
The CNA Cj115 classification places this among a tight typological group whose attribution to Berthold V rests on chronicle evidence rather than explicit legend.
Berthold V, a member of the Andechs-Meranien dynasty, held the Patriarchate of Aquileia during one of its more turbulent decades — the 1220s saw repeated friction between the patriarchs and the expanding ambitions of Frederick II, who was simultaneously consolidating imperial authority across northern Italy. Gutenwerth, the island mint site on the Gurk River in Carinthia, was a deliberate exercise of territorial coining rights at a distance from the patriarchate's Italian core.
The CNA Cj115 classification places this among a tight typological group whose attribution to Berthold V rests on chronicle evidence rather than explicit legend.