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Pfennig - Leopold III, Leopold IV or Henry II
| Issuer | Margraviate of Austria (Duchy of Austria, Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1130-1140 |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Reverse description | Central field depicts a mounted figure, likely a margrave or equestrian ruler, shown in profile facing right and seated upon a horse in a stylized Romanesque manner. The rider appears to carry a weapon or sceptre and is rendered in relatively high relief against a plain field. The design is enclosed within a beaded inner circle, with traces of a peripheral legend along the irregular, flan edge typical of hammered medieval coinage. |
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| Mintage | ND (1130-1140) |
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Austria's earliest coinage is notoriously difficult to attribute with confidence, and this piece illustrates exactly why — the CNA B14 type spans three possible rulers across a decade of political turbulence in the Eastern March. The Babenberg margraves began issuing their own denars only after consolidating enough regional authority to do so, a process that unfolded fitfully through the early twelfth century as imperial politics repeatedly disrupted local governance.
The broad, thin fabric and relatively wide diameter are characteristic of the Salzburg-influenced striking technique adopted in this period, not a generic feature but a deliberate regional convention.