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Pfennig - Otakar IV Fischau
| Issuer | Duchy of Styria (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1164-1192 |
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| Reference(s) | CNA#B74 |
| Obverse description | Central five-pointed star motif with stylized lily terminals at each point, set within a beaded inner circle. Small crosses occupy the interstices between the star arms, while pellets are distributed in the outer field between the inner and outer borders. The design is rendered in a bold, archaic Romanesque style typical of 12th-century Austrian bracteate-related coinage. |
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| Reverse description | Armored rider advancing to the right, brandishing a sword raised in his right hand. Three pellets appear in the field behind the horse and rider. The figure is rendered in a schematic, flat Romanesque style characteristic of 12th-century Styrian pfennig coinage, set within a beaded inner circle and plain outer border. |
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Otakar IV ruled Styria through a period of acute dynastic tension — he died childless in 1192, and the resulting Georgenberg Pact transferred the duchy to the Babenberg Duke of Austria, effectively ending Styrian independence. This pfennig was struck at Fischau, a mint active under Otakar that would lose its significance almost immediately after the Babenberg succession reshaped the region's monetary administration.