Pfennig - Leopold III

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.