Pfennig - Leopold III

Issuer	Margraviate of Austria (Duchy of Austria, Austrian States)
Year	1110-1130
Type	Standard circulation coin
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Reverse description	A standing male figure, identified as Margrave Leopold III, depicted in full frontal view in a highly stylized Romanesque manner. The figure is shown wearing a long garment and holding what appears to be a scepter or staff in one hand and a globus cruciger or similar symbol of authority in the other. The image is enclosed within a beaded inner border, with the irregular flan edge visible beyond. The crude but expressive rendering is typical of early twelfth-century Austrian bracteate-influenced pfennige, conveying regal authority through symbolic rather than naturalistic means.
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Mintage	ND (1110-1130)
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