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Pfennig - Frederick the Fair Graz
| Issuer | Duchy of Styria (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1290-1360 |
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| Reference(s) | CNA#D75 |
| Obverse description | Central device depicting a stylized panther passant, the heraldic beast of Styria, rendered in low relief with a rosette or pellet ornament at its body. Above the panther, a bishop's mitre or hat motif is visible in the upper field. The composition is flanked by two triangular or leaf-shaped elements, possibly stylized wings or foliage. The border consists of a row of raised beads encircling the design. The overall style is characteristic of Austrian hammered bracteate-influenced pfennig coinage of the late 13th to mid-14th century. |
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| Reverse description | As a thin hammered pfennig of this period and region, the reverse presents the incuse mirror image of the obverse design, typical of the bracteate-influenced single-sided striking technique used for small silver coinage in medieval Austrian territories. The surface shows the characteristic irregular flan with natural stress marks from the hammering process. No distinct legends or additional devices are present on the reverse field. |
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Frederick the Fair — Friedrich der Schöne — is best known as the Habsburg claimant who fought Louis IV of Bavaria for the German throne in a civil war that culminated at the Battle of Mühldorf in 1322, where Frederick was captured and held for three years. His authority over Styria was exercised jointly with his brothers under the Habsburg partition arrangements of the early fourteenth century, complicating attribution of any single issue to his governance alone. The CNA D75 classification covers a wide production window precisely because die and administrative evidence cannot narrow it further.