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Pfennig - Philip and Ulrich of Carinthia Friesach
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Salzburg (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1247-1265 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Central field features a crowned tower or fortified gate motif set upon a shield-like base, flanked on either side by cross pattée devices, all contained within a plain inner circle and an outer beaded border. The architectural imagery is rendered in bold, schematic relief typical of Friesach-type pfennigs of the mid-13th century. The design symbolizes ecclesiastical and secular authority, consistent with coinage issued under the joint governance of Philip and Ulrich of Carinthia for the Archbishopric of Salzburg. The flan is irregular in outline, as expected for hammered coinage of this era. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Philip of Spanheim and Ulrich of Spanheim ruled Carinthia jointly during one of the more turbulent stretches of 13th-century Austrian dynastic politics, and the Friesach mint — long one of the most productive in the southeastern Alpine region — continued striking these thin bracteate-style pfennigs under their combined authority. Friesach pfennigs had by this point circulated so widely across the Adriatic trade routes that "Friesacher" became a generic term for silver coinage in parts of the medieval Balkans.