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Pfennig - Henry V St. Veit
| Issuer | Duchy of Carinthia (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1157-1158 |
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| Value | 1 Pfennig |
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| Obverse description | Full-length effigy of a standing duke facing left, holding a sword upright in his right hand and a banner or flag in his left hand, rendered in the flat, schematic style typical of 12th-century Austrian bracteate-influenced coinage. The field is punctuated by annulet control marks arranged in pairs: two annulets above and two annulet-points below, serving as die or mint identifiers consistent with Carinthian Pfennig production of this period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Henry V of Carinthia ruled the duchy for less than a decade before dying without legitimate heirs in 1161, triggering a succession dispute that eventually drew in the Babenberg dukes of Austria. This pfennig belongs to the St. Veit mint, which served as the primary ducal mint of Carinthia — St. Veit an der Glan remained the capital and administrative center of the duchy well into the thirteenth century, long after Henry's line had expired.
CNA Cb6 is a bracteate-influenced thin denar of the southern Alpine type, distinct from contemporary Rhenish issues.