Ekbert III of Formbach ruled one of the smaller comital dynasties in the southeastern march territories, and the county itself was extinguished entirely with his death — he died without male heirs, and Formbach passed to the Bishops of Passau. Coins struck under his authority are therefore terminal issues of the dynasty, produced across a roughly fourteen-year window that would prove to be the house's last.
The CNA reference B65 places this within the broader Bavarian bracteate-adjacent tradition, though at 24mm it runs notably broad for its weight class.
Ekbert III of Formbach ruled one of the smaller comital dynasties in the southeastern march territories, and the county itself was extinguished entirely with his death — he died without male heirs, and Formbach passed to the Bishops of Passau. Coins struck under his authority are therefore terminal issues of the dynasty, produced across a roughly fourteen-year window that would prove to be the house's last.
The CNA reference B65 places this within the broader Bavarian bracteate-adjacent tradition, though at 24mm it runs notably broad for its weight class.