Pfennig - Meinhard II, Otto III, Austrian occupation or Henri VI Völkermarkt

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.