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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 | Frontal effigy of a bishop presented beneath a church gable or architectural canopy, rendered in a flat, stylized Romanesque manner characteristic of 13th-century Austrian bracteate-influenced pfennigs. The figure is depicted facing, with vestments suggested by linear drapery folds. The architectural element above forms a pointed gable framing the bust. The design field is enclosed by a double border composed of lines and beading, with the flan exhibiting the irregular, wavy edge typical of hammered medieval silver coinage. |
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| Mintage | ND (1247-1265) |
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Philipp von Spanheim held the archbishopric from 1247 until his death in 1257, after which Ulrich von Seckau governed the see through 1265 — the attribution ambiguity in the CNA catalog reflects genuine uncertainty about where in that sequence this particular die falls. Friesach, a major minting center in Carinthia under Salzburg's authority, had by this period been producing bracteate-style pfennigs for over a century, its output circulating widely across the Alpine trade routes connecting Italy to the Danube basin.