Pfennig - Eberhard II Pettau

Eberhard II of Salzburg was among the most politically aggressive prelates of thirteenth-century German-speaking Europe, spending much of his tenure navigating the bitter conflict between Frederick II and the papacy. These bracteate-style pfennigs were struck during a period when Salzburg's archbishops wielded minting rights as an instrument of territorial authority, competing directly with secular lords across the eastern Alpine approaches. The CNA Cg2 type is thinly documented in surviving hoards, which makes precise die-study difficult.