Pfennig - Dietrich

Issuer	County of Formbach (Austrian States)
Year	1127-1140
Type	Standard circulation coin
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Obverse description	Central cross set within a quatrefoil frame, with stars occupying the angles between the arms of the cross. The surrounding border is decorated with a continuous arrangement of dots, stars, the letter S, and ornamental loops, characteristic of the elaborate Romanesque bracteate-influenced style of 12th-century Austrian pfennig coinage.
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Reverse description	Four fantastical figures arranged in cruciform composition: two facing centaurs and two confronted human heads, forming the arms of a cross. The letter S appears in the field, serving as a mint or authority mark. The deeply struck, stylized rendering reflects the vigorous Romanesque artistic vocabulary typical of Austrian feudal coinage of the first half of the 12th century.
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