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Pfennig - Otokar IV Fischau
| Issuer | Duchy of Styria (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1164-1192 |
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| Weight | 0.9 g |
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| Obverse description | A rosette cross occupies the central field, with small circles positioned at each of the four angles formed by the cross arms. The design is enclosed by a wreath composed of paired horseshoes interspersed with circles, with a small cross following each pair of horseshoes, forming a continuous decorative border around the central motif. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Ottokar IV ruled Styria as its last independent duke before the duchy passed to the Habsburgs — though that transfer came only after his death, secured by the 1186 Georgenberg Pact, in which Ottokar, childless and ill with gout so debilitating he reportedly could not walk, ceded Styria to Duke Leopold V of Austria in exchange for care and administration during his remaining years. Coins attributed to this reign vary considerably, and the "var" designation against CNA B69 signals a die or typological divergence that the standard corpus does not fully accommodate.