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Pfennig - Frederick III
| Issuer | Duchy of Styria (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1325-1360 |
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| Diameter | 20 mm |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays a stylized eagle displayed, rendered in the bold, schematic manner characteristic of mid-14th-century Styrian bracteate-influenced pfennig coinage. The eagle's head is turned to the left, with wings spread and body occupying the majority of the flan. The design is deeply struck in high relief against a plain field, with no surrounding legend. The irregular, crenellated flan edge is typical of hammered silver coinage of the period. |
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| Mintage | ND (1325-1360) |
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Frederick III of Habsburg ruled Styria during one of the most administratively fractured periods in Austrian dynastic history, with the duchy frequently subject to divided governance among competing Habsburg lines following the partition arrangements of 1379 — though this coinage predates that rupture. The Styrian pfennig of this period circulated as a genuinely local currency, distinct in type from contemporary Viennese issues, reflecting the duchy's persistent insistence on monetary autonomy within the broader Habsburg orbit.
The CNA D122 classification places this among a well-documented but thinly surviving bracteate-influenced series. Finds predominantly emerge from Styrian hoards rather than trade-route deposits.