Catalog
Pfennig - Ottokar III Neunkirchen
| Issuer | Duchy of Styria (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1150-1160 |
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| Weight | 0.77 g |
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| Obverse description | Central design featuring an eight-pointed or octagonal cross composed of four arms that broaden toward the extremities, each arm outlined with a border of dots; superimposed is a diagonal trefoil cross. The field is punctuated with dot embellishments. The entire device is enclosed within an outer beaded circle. |
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| Reverse description | Frontal facing portrait of a crowned royal figure, depicted in a stylized Romanesque manner with a crown surmounted by a cross finial. The effigy is rendered in the conventional flat, hieratic style characteristic of mid-12th-century Austrian bracteate-influenced coinage. The design is framed by an outer beaded circle and a horseshoe-shaped scalloped border (omega-form edge decoration). |
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| Mintage | ND (1150-1160) |
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