Pfennig - Eberhard II and Leopold VI Rann

Rann-type pfennigs from Salzburg's early thirteenth century represent a period of intense jurisdictional friction between the archbishops and the secular nobility of the eastern Alpine regions. Eberhard II, who held the see from 1200 to 1246, was one of the more politically aggressive archbishops of his generation — excommunicated twice, a firm ally of the Hohenstaufen, and deeply involved in the territorial consolidation that shaped Salzburg's later autonomy. The attribution to both Eberhard II and Leopold VI reflects genuine uncertainty about the precise striking period within that thirty-year window.