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Pfennig - Rudolf and Meinhard II Friesach
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Salzburg (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1286-1320 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central enthroned frontal figure of an archbishop, mitred and robed in pontifical vestments, holding a crozier in the left hand and raising the right hand in benediction. The figure is rendered in the bold, stylized relief characteristic of late 13th-century Austrian bracteate-influenced pfennig coinage. The design is enclosed within a plain inner circle bordered by a beaded outer ring. The flan is irregular and slightly scalloped at the periphery, typical of hammer-struck medieval Friesacher pfennig production. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents the incuse, mirror-image impression of the obverse design, as is characteristic of the single-die hammered technique used for thin medieval pfennigs of this type. The ghosted relief shows the enthroned archiepiscopal figure in sunken form, with the surrounding beaded border partially visible on the irregular flan. Surface wear and die flow are consistent with a heavily circulated example of Friesach-type coinage from the late 13th to early 14th century. |
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| Mint | Friesach |
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