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Pfennig - Rudolf von Hohenegg or later Friesach
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Salzburg (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1286-1320 |
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| Weight | 0.74 g |
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| Reverse description | A displayed eagle rendered in low relief, depicted with spread wings and turned head in the heraldic tradition. The eagle is enclosed within two concentric pearl borders, with small cross-like ornaments or pellets interspersed in the intervening annular field. The design is typical of imperial and episcopal coinage from the Friesach mint tradition of the period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Friesach pfennigs were among the most internationally circulated medieval coins of Central Europe, used extensively in trade across the Adriatic corridor and referenced in Italian merchant accounts as a de facto regional currency. Rudolf von Hohenegg, Archbishop of Salzburg from 1284 to 1290, governed a mint at Friesach that had been operating since the early twelfth century under episcopal authority — one of the oldest and most productive in the German-speaking lands. The attribution range of this type extends past Rudolf's tenure because the dies were not systematically retired between archiepiscopal reigns.