Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
Pfennig - Frederick III
| Issuer | Duchy of Austria (Austrian States) |
|---|---|
| Year | 1306-1314 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | An eagle displayed in open flight facing left, rendered in the bold, stylized manner typical of hammered Austrian pfennige of the early fourteenth century. The wings are spread wide and the body is shown in profile, occupying the central field of the irregularly shaped flan. The design is contained within a raised inner border, with the overall relief characteristic of the Viennese bracteate-influenced coinage tradition under Duke Frederick III. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Plain |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Frederick III (later Frederick the Fair) struck these small bracteate-style pfennigs during a period when he shared rule over Austria with his brothers under a contested co-duchy arrangement following their father Rudolf I's death. The Viennese pfennig of this period was widely circulated in regional trade networks extending into Bohemia and Hungary, where Austrian silver maintained a strong commercial reputation despite the political instability at the ducal court.