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Pfennig - Frederick II Stein in Oberkrain
| Issuer | Duchy of Austria (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1230-1243 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Architectural composition depicting a fortified structure with a central crenellated tower rising above a rounded archway, flanked by two smaller side towers ornamented with pellets. A crooked or patriarchal cross is positioned within the gateway opening. Two banners or flags are displayed between the towers. The legend is rendered as a cross flanked by two pellets adjacent to the central tower, with two concentric pearl circles framing the entire design at the outer edge. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Frederick II of Austria — "the Quarrelsome" — spent much of his reign in open conflict with Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II, a prolonged dispute that saw him temporarily stripped of his duchy in 1236 and his lands occupied by imperial forces. Coinage authority during this period was fragmented across regional minting centers, Oberkrain among them, as ducal administration struggled to maintain fiscal coherence under military pressure. The Stein mint, situated in what is now Kamnik in Slovenia, served the southeastern reaches of Austrian territory.