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Pfennig - Ottokar II of Bohemia Graz
| Issuer | Duchy of Styria (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1260-1276 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse, as is typical of thin hammered Pfennige of this period and region, bears an incuse and mirror-image impression of the obverse design transferred through the thin silver flan during striking, with the faint suggestion of a quadruped form visible, possibly an incidental or secondary design element. The surface is heavily worn and irregular, consistent with the low silver content and crude manufacture of circulating Styrian bracteate-style coinage of the 13th century. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Ottokar II acquired Styria through the 1260 Peace of Brünn following his decisive victory over Béla IV of Hungary at the Battle of Kressenbrunn, and these bracteate-style pfennigs were struck at Graz as part of his broader effort to consolidate monetary authority across his rapidly expanding domain. His control of Styria lasted only until 1276, when Rudolf of Habsburg's military pressure forced the Duchy's cession under the Treaty of Vienna — making the entire production window for this type a compressed sixteen years.