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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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| Currency | Pfennig (800-1500) |
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| Obverse description | Central motif depicting a stylized architectural or heraldic device, likely a tower or gateway, rendered in a flat, schematic manner characteristic of mid-13th century Austrian bracteate-influenced pfennig coinage. The design is surrounded by multiple concentric raised rings forming a pronounced border. The overall composition is symmetrical, with the central element flanked by curved architectural forms suggesting flanking turrets or columns. No legible legend is present. The flan is irregular and slightly clipped at the edge, consistent with hand-hammered production. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Friesach pfennig tradition — so dominant in central European trade that "Friesacher" became a generic term for silver pennies across the eastern Alpine region — was already in decline by the mid-thirteenth century, undercut by the spread of thicker, heavier coinage from the west. This piece falls in the contested attribution zone between Philipp von Spanheim and Ulrich III, a problem that has occupied specialists since Luschin von Ebengreuth's foundational work on the type. The CNA cataloguing reflects unresolved die evidence rather than scholarly indecision.