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Pfennig - Leopold VI
| Issuer | Duchy of Austria (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1210-1230 |
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| Reference(s) | CNA#B127 |
| Obverse description | A dragon or griffin depicted in profile to the right, rendered in the bold, stylized manner characteristic of Austrian Pfennige of the early 13th century. The heraldic creature is enclosed within a raised inner ring, which is itself surrounded by a beaded or rope-like outer border. The flan is irregular in shape, as typical of hammered coinage of the period, with moderate flatness across the central device. |
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| Reverse description | A Styrian panther depicted in profile to the left, shown in the expressive, angular style associated with the coinage of Duke Leopold VI of Austria and Styria. The creature is enclosed within a raised inner ring bordered by a beaded outer rim. The flan displays the characteristic irregular edge and uneven strike of hand-hammered medieval silver coinage. |
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Leopold VI ruled Austria and Styria simultaneously from 1194 until his death in 1230, presiding over a court that attracted minnesingers and hosted the Fifth Crusade's political aftermath — including the controversial detention of crusaders returning through his lands. His pfennigs were struck as bracteates or near-bracteates at a time when Austrian coinage was transitioning away from the thin single-sided fabric common in the German-speaking lands. CNA B127 places this type firmly within that transition, a narrow window when the duchy's monetary output was reshaping itself under sustained ducal authority.