Catalog
Pfennig - Henry V
| Issuer | Duchy of Austria (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1101-1125 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse description | Central device consisting of a heart-shaped or trefoil ornament commonly interpreted as a Tree of Life motif, surmounted by a cross, flanked symmetrically by two confronted peacocks. The design is enclosed between two concentric beaded circles, with a partial or degenerate inscription occupying the annular space between them, consistent with the Romanesque artistic conventions of early twelfth-century Austrian coinage. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Henry V of Austria — not to be confused with the Holy Roman Emperor of the same name and period — ruled the Babenberg march during a stretch when central ducal authority was consolidating against both ecclesiastical landholders and rival Bavarian claims. These bracteate-style pfennigs functioned as much as instruments of that authority as they did exchange media, circulating within a monetarily fragmented region where multiple lords issued competing silver.
CNA B30b is among the more precisely attributed varieties in the Corpus Nummorum Austriacorum sequence for this reign, a series where die workmanship varies considerably across the documented types.