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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 | Uniface issue; the reverse displays only the incuse ghost impression of the obverse design transferred through the thin silver flan during striking, with no intentional design, inscription, or devices. The surface is plain and unworked. |
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| Mint | Friesach |
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Friesach, established as a mint town by the Archbishopric of Salzburg in the 12th century, became one of the most commercially significant minting centers in the medieval German-speaking world, with Friesacher Pfennige circulating as far as the Levant in crusader trade. The joint attribution to Rudolf and Meinhard II places this piece within a complex jurisdictional arrangement — the Count of Tyrol held comital rights in Carinthia while Salzburg retained ecclesiastical and monetary authority in Friesach, a tension that generated a number of co-issued types during this period.
Meinhard II died in 1295, which complicates the standard 1300–1340 window and suggests the attribution reflects either posthumous die use or a dynastic title carried forward by successors.