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Pfennig Carniola and borderland coinage
| Issuer | Duchy of Carinthia (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1200-1220 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Friesacher Pfennig — of which this is a regional variant — dominated commerce across the central Alpine lands from the late twelfth century onward, circulated as far east as the Balkans and Hungary, and became the de facto trading currency of the region for well over a century. Carniola's position astride the routes connecting the Adriatic to the Danube basin made its minting output commercially significant far beyond its borders.
The CNA Cr7 classification places this piece within a tightly contested attribution zone where Carinthian and Carniolian issues overlap — a persistent headache for specialists working from die studies alone.