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Pfennig - Engelbert Friesach
| Issuer | Duchy of Carinthia (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1125-1135 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | Frontal facing ducal bust rendered in a schematic linear style, with a sword held in the left hand and a flag or pennant in the right. The figure is depicted in a stylized, flat manner characteristic of early medieval Friesacher Pfennig coinage, with minimal relief. The bust occupies the central field, with no legend or inscription present. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Friesach, in present-day Carinthia, became one of the most important minting centers in the German-speaking lands during the twelfth century, and the Friesacher Pfennig struck there circulated so widely across Central Europe and the Balkans that it functionally served as a regional trade currency for over a century. Engelbert of Sponheim, Duke of Carinthia, controlled the mint during this period under rights that were perpetually contested between secular and ecclesiastical claimants — the Archbishop of Salzburg held competing privileges over the same town.