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Pfennig - Frederick II of Walchen Friesach
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Salzburg (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1270-1284 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Uniface strike; the reverse is entirely blank, showing only the natural texture and flow lines of the hammered silver flan with no design, legend, or decorative element of any kind. |
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| Mint | Friesach Mint |
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Frederick II of Walchen served as Archbishop of Salzburg from 1270 to 1284, a tenure marked by persistent conflict with the Habsburgs as Rudolf I consolidated power following his election as German king in 1273. Friesach, a major minting center in Carinthia under Salzburg's ecclesiastical authority, had been producing bracteate-style pfennigs since the late twelfth century — a regional tradition that made "Friesacher" synonymous with the dominant silver currency across much of the southeastern Alpine trade network.
The CNA Ca48 attribution places this squarely within a documented sequence, though die studies on Frederick II's Friesach issues remain less exhaustive than those for his predecessors.