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Pfennig - Rudolf von Hohenegg or later Friesach
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Salzburg (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1286-1320 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Spread eagle displayed in the central field, surrounded by three rosettes or pellets arranged in the field, all within a plain border. The eagle's wings are outstretched in heraldic fashion, consistent with the arms associated with the Archbishopric of Salzburg. The design is weakly struck and partially flat, as is characteristic of hammered bracteate-style Friesacher Pfennige of this period. No legend present. |
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| Mint | Friesach |
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Friesach pfennigs were among the most widely circulated coins in the medieval German-speaking lands and the Balkans, so deeply trusted in trade that "Friesacher" became a generic term for silver coinage across much of Central Europe. Rudolf von Hohenegg held the archbishopric from 1284 to 1290, and attribution to him versus his successors remains genuinely contested — CNA Ca76 sits at the edge of what die studies can currently resolve. The mint at Friesach in Carinthia operated under Salzburg's authority but frequently fell into dispute with local secular lords who wanted a share of the seigniorage.