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Pfennig - Rudolf and Duke Meinhard II Friesach
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Salzburg (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1300-1340 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays a standing or seated episcopal or regal figure, rendered in the simplified, stylized manner characteristic of early 14th-century Austrian regional coinage. The figure appears robed and holds attributes of authority, possibly a crozier or scepter, within a plain rectangular or arched frame. The flan is irregular with ragged edges typical of hand-hammered medieval issues. The relief is moderately worn, with design elements partially flattened. No inscription or legend is present on this side. |
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| Mint | Friesach Mint |
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Friesach mint was one of the most commercially significant silver-striking operations in the eastern Alpine region during the high medieval period, and the joint-authority issues produced under Archbishop Rudolf and Duke Meinhard II reflect the contested jurisdictional arrangements between Salzburg and the Counts of Goritz-Tyrol over Carinthian minting rights. The Friesacher Pfennig type had by this period already anchored regional trade for over a century, circulating widely into the Balkans and Levantine markets through Venetian commercial networks.
The CNA Ca92 classification places this among the later Friesach issues, struck as the type's commercial dominance was already giving way to the grosso-weight silver coinage spreading northward from Italy.