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Pfennig - Meinhard II, Otto III, Austrian occupation or Henry VI St. Veit
| Issuer | Duchy of Carinthia (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1286-1320 |
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| Weight | 0.63 g |
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| Reverse description | The reverse, visible as an incuse mirror image due to the thin hammered flan, shows two facing busts side by side, each appearing crowned or helmeted, consistent with a dual-ruler or co-regency representation as associated with the Carinthian coinage of Meinhard II and Otto III or their successors. The relief is shallow and partially weakly struck, with details of facial features and regalia discernible under magnification. The irregular flan edge exhibits characteristic splitting and buckling of hammered medieval silver. No legend or inscription is present on this face. |
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| Mint | St. Veit an der Glan |
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Meinhard II acquired Carinthia in 1286 through a deal brokered with Rudolf of Habsburg, who needed Meinhard's political and military support to consolidate the new Habsburg holdings in Austria. The arrangement effectively made Carinthia a satellite of emerging Habsburg power, and the coinage from St. Veit — the duchy's primary mint — reflects that transitional moment, when Tyrolean administrative influence was being grafted onto older Carinthian minting traditions.
The CNA Cb80 type spans a reign overlap complex enough that attribution to a single ruler remains contested among specialists.