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Pfennig - Eberhard II and Leopold VI Rann
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Salzburg (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1200-1241 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A double-gated fortified wall occupies the central field, rendered in a stylised architectural manner typical of medieval episcopal coinage. Rising above the wall at center is a palm tree, a symbol of ecclesiastical authority and the Holy Land. To the left of the palm tree, a cross is depicted above a six-pointed star, while to the right a bishop's bust is shown in profile, alluding to the issuing see of Salzburg. The entire design is enclosed within a double beaded circle, consistent with the decorative border conventions of early thirteenth-century Austrian hammered coinage. |
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Rann-type bracteates from Salzburg occupy an awkward transitional moment — the archbishopric was producing increasingly sophisticated coinage while remaining administratively entangled with both the Holy Roman Emperor and the papacy. The joint attribution to Eberhard II and Leopold VI reflects a co-lordship arrangement over specific minting rights in the Styrian region, not a co-regency, and the long date span assigned to this type exposes how difficult it remains to sequence Salzburg's 13th-century pfennig output with any precision.