Pfennig - Frederick III

Frederick III (known as Frederick the Fair) was locked in a contested claim to the Holy Roman throne throughout this period, fighting a prolonged civil war against Louis IV of Bavaria after the disputed 1314 double election — the same conflict that would culminate in Frederick's capture at the Battle of Mühldorf in 1322. Coinage from the Austrian duchy during these years functioned partly as a political instrument, asserting ducal authority while imperial legitimacy itself was unresolved.

The CNA B210 type belongs to the bracteate-influenced pfennig tradition of the Vienna mint, struck on thin flans that routinely exhibit strike weakness on one side — a known characteristic of the type, not a grade-specific flaw.