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Pfennig - Imperial Administration, Graz
| Issuer | Duchy of Styria (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1246-1250 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Facing crowned royal head depicted in low relief at center, flanked on either side by a passant lion in the field, the whole design rendered in the crude hammered style characteristic of mid-13th century Styrian bracteate-influenced pfennigs. A row of pellets or dots appears above the crowned effigy, serving as a decorative border element. The overall composition is strongly symmetrical, with the two lions acting as heraldic supporters to the central crowned head. |
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| Reverse description | A crowned and enthroned king shown in full frontal aspect, seated upon a throne or bench, rendered in bold but somewhat crude low relief typical of hammered coinage of the mid-13th century. The royal figure holds regalia and is enclosed within a beaded or dotted circular border composed of a ring of stars or annulets. The enthroned effigy conveys regal authority through its formal, hieratic posture, consistent with Imperial administrative coinage struck at Graz during the interregnum period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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