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Pfennig - Engelbert Friesach
| Issuer | Duchy of Carinthia (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1125-1135 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Architectural representation of a three-towered fortified building, with a raised and prominent central tower flanked by two lower lateral towers. A gateway or arched opening is depicted beneath the central tower, evoking a stylized city gate or castle facade. The design is rendered in a flat, linear style typical of early medieval hammered coinage, with a plain flat exterior edge and no inscription in the field. |
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| Mintage | ND (1125-1135) |
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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.