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Pfennig Lord of Carniola or borderland character
| Issuer | Duchy of Carinthia (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1200-1230 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Hammered bracteate-style pfennig struck on a thin, irregularly shaped flan. The obverse displays a frontal standing figure, likely a ducal lord, rendered in a crude Romanesque style characteristic of early 13th-century Austrian coinage. The figure appears robed and holds attributes of authority. The surrounding Latin legend reads +DVX CA - [RISV]nI, referencing the Duke of Carinthia, arranged around the central device with letters partially off-flan due to the irregular planchet. |
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| Obverse lettering | +DVX CA - [RISV]nI |
| Reverse description | The reverse presents a frontal facing bust or head, possibly a bishop or ecclesiastical figure, centrally placed on the field with a mitre or headgear visible above. The design is boldly but crudely struck, consistent with early medieval hammered coinage of the Austrian duchies. A small pellet or annulet is visible in the lower central field. The partial Latin legend [+E]PI.S.ACH surrounds the device, referencing a bishop of Seckau (Episcopus Seccoviensis), reflecting the joint ducal-episcopal authority typical of this coinage. |
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