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Pfennig - Ottokar II St. Veit
| Issuer | Duchy of Carinthia (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1270-1276 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse description | A heraldic leopard-lion passant facing left, depicted in a rudimentary engraving style typical of 13th-century Austrian bracteate pfennigs. The field surrounding the beast shows traces of a circular border interspersed with a cross and small star or pellet ornaments. The design is incuse and mirror-imaged, being the reverse impression of the hammered obverse die. |
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| Mint | St. Veit an der Glan |
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Ottokar II of Bohemia controlled Carinthia from 1269 following the extinction of the native Sponheim ducal line, ruling the duchy until his defeat by Rudolf of Habsburg at the Battle on the Marchfeld in 1278. These St. Veit pfennigs belong to the narrow window of Přemyslid authority over the region — minted at St. Veit an der Glan, the traditional ducal capital. Ottokar's aggressive consolidation of Alpine territories was precisely the provocation that united the German princes behind Rudolf's imperial candidacy.