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Pfennig - Frederick III
| Issuer | Duchy of Styria (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1325-1360 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | A crouching or contorted monster figure rendered in high relief, wearing a pointed cap, depicted in profile within a plain inner circle. The creature's body is dramatically curved, with limbs and tail visible in a compact, stylized composition characteristic of medieval Styrian bracteate-style pfennigs. The design is enclosed within an outer bead circle and a secondary pearl border. No legend or inscription is present. |
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| Reverse description | Uniface coin; the reverse exhibits the incuse negative impression of the obverse design, as is typical of thin hammered pfennigs of this type and period. The surface is otherwise blank and uninscribed. |
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Frederick III of Habsburg ruled Styria during a period of intense dynastic consolidation, when the Austrian Habsburgs were systematically absorbing the older Babenberg and Přemyslid territorial holdings. These small bracteate-style pfennigs served local exchange in a region whose silver supply was fed largely by the mines of the eastern Alpine foothills. The CNA D93 type is among the thinner and more fragile survivors of Styrian medieval coinage — the flan frequently buckled under the single-sided striking pressure, making undamaged examples genuinely uncommon.