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Pfennig - Frederick the Fair Graz
| Issuer | Duchy of Styria (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1325-1360 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | A swan displayed facing left within a beaded inner circle, the bird rendered in bold relief with outstretched wings and a rounded body characteristic of the Styrian bracteate-influenced pfennig tradition. The design occupies the full field, with an outer bead border and pearl circle framing the central device. The hammered fabric imparts a characteristic irregular flan with slightly uneven edges. No legend or inscription is present. The style is consistent with the Gothic artistic conventions of the mid-fourteenth century Austrian minting tradition. |
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| Reverse description | Uniface coin; the reverse displays only the incuse mirror impression of the obverse design as a result of the single-die hammered striking technique, with no independent design, legend, or decorative elements intended on this side. |
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Frederick the Fair — Duke of Austria and a claimant to the Holy Roman imperial throne — lost the contested kingship to Louis IV of Bavaria after the Battle of Mühldorf in 1322, a defeat that permanently curtailed Habsburg ambitions for a generation. Coinage struck under his name in Styria continued well past his death in 1330, issued by successors who retained the die types as a matter of continuity rather than commemoration. The broad date range of this issue reflects that administrative habit rather than any single reign.