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Pfennig - Rudolf and Duke Meinhard II Friesach
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Salzburg (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1286-1320 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | Within a beaded inner circle, a frontal bust with schematic facial features and arms raised and outstretched to either side, rendered in the flat, linear style characteristic of late medieval Austrian bracteate-influenced coinage. Flanking the bust at lower left and right are the outspread wings or body of a bird, consistent with an eagle or similar heraldic creature, positioned beneath the figure's arms. The composition fills the flan with no legend or inscription. The relief is bold and the die-work reflects the hammered technique typical of Friesach-type pfennigs of the late thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Friesach pfennig type was among the most widely circulated coinages in the medieval Eastern Alpine trade network, copied by dozens of ecclesiastical and secular mints across Carinthia, Styria, and Slovenia from the late twelfth century onward. This joint issue reflects the fractious but commercially pragmatic relationship between the Archbishopric of Salzburg and the County of Tyrol under Meinhard II, who spent much of his reign consolidating territorial control against exactly the kind of ecclesiastical authority that co-signed this coin.