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Pfennig - Meinhard II, Otto III, Austrian occupation or Henri VI Völkermarkt
| Issuer | Duchy of Carinthia (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1290-1320 |
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| Value | 1 Pfennig |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse, being a hammered bracteate-style pfennig, displays the incuse negative impression of the obverse design, showing a faint and partially legible mirror image of the helmeted head. The fields are irregular and show the characteristic flow lines of the hammering process. No distinct legend or secondary device is present on the reverse, consistent with the thin, single-die struck pfennig coinage of Carinthia from this period. |
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Völkermarkt, a mint town on the Drava river, changed hands repeatedly during the turbulent succession disputes that followed Meinhard II's death in 1295. The attribution of these small bracteate-style pfennigs to a specific ruler — whether Meinhard II before his death, his son Otto III, the Austrian occupation period under the Habsburgs, or Henri VI — remains genuinely contested, which is why the CNA lists all four possibilities. The mint itself was active under Carinthian ducal authority as part of a broader attempt to unify regional coinage, but output was irregular and local in circulation.