Catalog
Pfennig - Otto IV and Albert II St. Veit
| Issuer | Duchy of Carinthia (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1335-1358 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | A jousting helmet (Stechhelm) depicted in the center, rendered in a flat, stylized manner characteristic of medieval Austrian bracteate-style coinage. The helmet is positioned above an arch terminating at each side in a rosette or foliate finial. A heraldic shield appears in the field to the right of the helmet. The design is uniface and struck on a thin, irregular flan with no surrounding legend. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Otto IV and Albert II ruled Carinthia jointly following the extinction of the Görz-Tyrol line in 1335, when the duchy passed to the Habsburgs under a succession agreement negotiated decades earlier. The co-regency coinage issued under their names reflects the administrative reality of Habsburg territorial consolidation in the southeastern Alpine lands — two names on one coin, neither man actually resident in the duchy for much of the period.
The St. Veit mint, located in the historic capital of Carinthia, held minting rights that predated Habsburg control by centuries.