Catalog
Pfennig - Leopold III
| Issuer | Margraviate of Austria (Duchy of Austria, Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1110-1136 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Frontal human head centered beneath an arched dormer window terminating in a ring, with two confronted birds perched atop the arch, each grasping the ring in its beak. The composition is enclosed within a double beaded circle, with a decorative motif filling the outer field between the two concentric pearl borders. The style is characteristic of early Austrian bracteate-influenced denars of the Babenberg period. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Leopold III — later canonized in 1485 and named patron saint of Austria — ruled during a period when the Babenberg margraves were consolidating authority across the Danube frontier, and the coinage of this period reflects a minting infrastructure that was still loosely organized around ecclesiastical and market centers rather than a single ducal mint. The CNA B9b classification places this piece within a documented die group, though attributions to Leopold III specifically rest on typological sequencing rather than documentary mint records, which simply do not survive for this period.