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Pfennig - Philipp von Spanheim or Ulrich Friesach
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Salzburg (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1247-1265 |
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| Weight | 0.8 g |
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| Obverse description | Frontal facing bust of a bishop in episcopal vestments, holding a cross in each hand, rendered in the flat, stylized Romanesque manner characteristic of 13th-century Austrian bracteate-influenced coinage. Above the bust, a gabled architectural element surmounted by a crenellated tower is depicted, evoking ecclesiastical authority. The design is contained within an inner beaded circle, with an additional outer line border defining the coin's field. |
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| Mintage | ND (1247-1265) |
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The mid-thirteenth century Salzburg pfennige present a persistent attribution problem that has occupied specialists for decades. Both Philipp von Spanheim and Ulrich von Seckau held the see during overlapping or contested periods, and the die evidence does not cleanly resolve which episcopate produced which issues — hence the dual attribution that survives in the CNA classification itself.
Friesach, named in the attribution, was the dominant minting center for Salzburg's coinage throughout this period, and the thin bracteate-adjacent fabric of these pieces reflects the broader south German pfennig tradition that spread through Alpine trade routes during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.