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Pfennig - Imperial administration or interregnum
| Issuer | Duchy of Austria (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1236-1251 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Two heraldic eagle wings displayed, with a crown above between the wings and a nine-part rosette ornament below, all contained within a beaded inner circle and an outer pearl border. The design is rendered in low relief typical of medieval Austrian bracteate-style pfennigs, with the heraldic elements symmetrically arranged in the field. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The date range here spans one of the most turbulent stretches in Austrian history: the extinction of the Babenberg line and the interregnum that followed. Duke Frederick II — "the Quarrelsome" — died without an heir at the Battle of the Leitha in 1246, leaving Austria without a native ruler. The duchy passed through competing imperial and papal claims before Rudolf of Habsburg finally consolidated control in 1278. Coins struck in this window were issued under fragmented authority, which accounts for the loose attribution and the difficulty of assigning specific pieces to a single issuing hand.