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Pfennig - Ottokar II of Bohemia
| Issuer | Duchy of Austria |
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| Year | 1251-1276 |
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| Currency | Pfennig (976-1278) |
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| Obverse description | Within a plain inner circle, an eagle displayed in flight facing left with head turned back to the right, rendered in the schematic Viennese hammered style typical of 13th-century Austrian bracteate-influenced pfennigs. The bird's wings are spread and stylized, with minimal detail consistent with the small module and hand-struck technique. The field is unlettered. The flan is of irregular square form with clipped corners. |
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| Mintage | ND (1251-1276) |
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Ottokar II acquired Austria in 1251 after the Babenberg line died out, ruling the duchy until Rudolf of Habsburg defeated and killed him at the Battle of Marchfeld in 1276 — one of the more consequential dynastic collisions of the medieval period. These pfennigs were struck across that quarter-century of Přemyslid control over Austrian lands, a tenure that left no permanent dynasty but a briefly enlarged Bohemian realm stretching from Silesia to the Adriatic.
CNA B 171 places this type within a well-documented sequence, though die studies have shown considerable variation across the issue's long production window.