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Pfennig - Rudolph I
| Issuer | Duchy of Austria (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1279-1282 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | An elephant depicted in profile facing left, rendered in the stylized flat relief characteristic of Austrian medieval bracteate-influenced pfennigs. A fortified tower or howdah sits atop the animal's back, a motif associated with Ducal Austrian coinage of the Rudolphine period. The figure is set within a raised outer border or bulge that frames the irregular flan. The design is boldly but crudely struck, with the elephant's body, legs, and upturned trunk discernible despite the primitive engraving style typical of late 13th-century hammered issues. |
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| Reverse description | The reverse presents a symmetrical quartered arrangement in which two heraldic cross shields (representing the Austrian pale or fess) and two banded shields alternate about a central cross, recalling the armorial devices of the Habsburg and Austrian ducal house. The design is set on an irregularly shaped flan typical of hammered medieval coinage, with the low-relief devices only partially legible due to the softness and variability of the strike. No legend is present; the composition is purely heraldic, consistent with the CNA B185 type attributed to Rudolf I's Austrian issues of 1279–1282. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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