Pfennig - Henry IV Stein in Oberkrain

Henry IV of Andechs ruled Istria-Carniola during a period when the Andechs dynasty was aggressively consolidating territorial holdings across the eastern Alpine reaches. His tenure ended badly — the family's broader disgrace following the 1208 assassination of King Philip of Swabia, in which members of the Andechs circle were implicated, severely curtailed their political influence within the Empire. That the Stein mint continued operating through this turbulence says something about how local economic necessity outlasted dynastic embarrassment.