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Pfennig - Rudolf von Hohenegg Friesach
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Salzburg (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1284-1290 |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Reverse description | A stag passant to the right, rendered in a highly schematic and largely unrecognizable form due to die wear and the crude striking technique typical of Friesacher Pfennig issues. The stag is set within two concentric pearl circles, with rosettes occupying the outer field between the circles. The design reflects the conventional reverse typology of the Salzburg archiepiscopal mint at Friesach, combining heraldic fauna with decorative pellet and rosette ornaments. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Rudolf von Hohenegg held the archiepiscopal see of Salzburg for only six years before his death in 1290, and his tenure was consumed largely by the political fallout of the Interregnum and the consolidation of Habsburg power in the region following Rudolf I's victory at the Marchfeld in 1278. Friesach, a major mint town in Carinthia under Salzburg's control, had been producing the bracteate-style pfennigs that dominated Alpine trade circulation since the twelfth century — the "Friesacher Pfennig" type was by this point a recognized trade currency across a wide swath of the eastern Alpine lands.
CNA Ca54 is among the scarcer attributions within the Friesach sequence for this archbishopric, with Rudolf's short reign limiting total output relative to longer-tenured predecessors.