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Pfennig - Rudolf I or sons Albert I and Rudolf II St. Veit
| Issuer | Duchy of Carinthia (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1275-1286 |
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| Value | 1 Pfennig |
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| Obverse description | A heraldic shield occupying the central field, bearing a displayed eagle with spread wings rendered in low relief in the hammered medieval style. The shield is presented in a pointed form typical of 13th-century Austrian heraldic convention. The eagle's head faces forward, with the body and wings filling the shield in a bold, stylized manner. The surfaces show the characteristically irregular flan typical of hammered pfennigs of the period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Rudolf I's acquisition of Carinthia following the defeat and death of Ottokar II of Bohemia at the Battle on the Marchfeld in 1278 reshaped the political geography of the central Alpine region and brought St. Veit am Pflaum — the Carinthian ducal seat — under Habsburg administration for the first time. These pfennigs were struck there during the transitional decade when Rudolf was consolidating control and distributing Carinthian governance among his sons Albert and Rudolf II, making precise attribution to any single issuing authority genuinely difficult.