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Pfennig - Meinhard II St. Veit
| Issuer | Duchy of Carinthia (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1286-1295 |
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| Currency | Pfennig (800-1500) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays the incuse striking marks resulting from the hammered production technique, with a faint mirror impression of the obverse design visible across the surface of the flan. No intentional reverse design, legend, or pictorial element is present, consistent with the single-die pfennig coinage of this period and region. The surface shows the characteristic irregular texture of a hammered silver flan struck on a single face. |
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| Mint | St. Veit an der Glan |
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Meinhard II acquired Carinthia in 1286 as a reward from Rudolf of Habsburg for his decisive military support during the campaign against Ottokar II of Bohemia — the same political settlement that effectively locked the Habsburgs into their long Austrian dominance. St. Veit an der Glan served as the ducal seat, and its mint produced the regional pfennig coinage that facilitated trade across the Alpine passes Meinhard controlled with considerable strategic jealousy.
CNA Cb71 places this among the bracteate-influenced thin pfennig types characteristic of the Carinthian series in this period.