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Pfennig Rann
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Salzburg (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1200-1241 |
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| Weight | 0.86 g |
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| Obverse description | Full-length frontal effigy of a standing bishop, vested in pontifical robes, holding a patriarchal cross-staff in his left hand while his right hand is raised in the gesture of benediction. The figure is rendered in the flat, stylized manner characteristic of early 13th-century Austrian hammered bracteate-related coinage. |
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| Reverse description | Architectural motif depicting a bridge flanked by two towers, above which appears a stag's head in profile, surmounted by a rosette; the entire design is enclosed within a double pearl border. The composition references the topography and heraldic imagery associated with Rann (modern Brežice), reflecting the territorial iconography of the Salzburg archiepiscopal mint. |
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Issued under Eberhard II, Archbishop of Salzburg from 1200 to 1246, these bracteate-style pfennigs circulated within a territory that controlled critical Alpine passes between Bavaria and Italy. Eberhard II was a formidable political operator — excommunicated twice and deeply entangled in the conflicts between the Hohenstaufen emperors and the papacy — which lends even routine administrative coinage from his tenure a turbulent backdrop.
The "Rann" designation refers to the thin, uniface fabric characteristic of south German and Austrian pfennig production of this period, struck on a single die against a yielding surface. CNA Ck36 places this type within a well-documented Salzburg sequence, though precise die attribution within the group remains an active area of specialist study.