Pfennig - Rudolf von Hohenegg or later Friesach

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.