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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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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Obverse description | A columnar cross occupies the central field, flanked on the left by a rosette and on the right by a crescent moon, with a further rosette positioned below the cross. The design is rendered in the flat, schematic style characteristic of medieval Austrian bracteate-influenced pfennigs. The irregular flan and hammered fabric are typical of Friesach-type coinage of the late 13th and early 14th centuries. No legend or inscription is present. |
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| Mintage | ND (1286-1320) |
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Rudolf and Meinhard II issued these coins jointly during a period of uneasy co-governance in the Salzburg region, a arrangement born from the political settlement following Archbishop Rudolf's need to secure temporal alliances against encroaching Bavarian pressure. Friesach, in Carinthia, had been a major minting center since the 12th century — its coins circulated so widely across the eastern Alpine trades that "Friesacher" became a generic term for small silver coinage throughout the region.
The joint attribution across a 34-year span suggests multiple die phases rather than continuous uninterrupted production.