Pfennig Rann

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.