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Pfennig - Rudolph IV Graz
| Issuer | Duchy of Styria (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1358-1365 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Uniface coin; the reverse is entirely plain and smooth, bearing no design, inscription, or relief of any kind, as is typical of Austrian pfennigs of this period produced by the single-die hammering technique. |
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| Mint | Graz |
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Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria, spent much of his reign fabricating political legitimacy — most infamously through the Privilegium Maius, a set of forged imperial documents he commissioned around 1358–59 to elevate Austria's status above other Habsburg territories. The Graz mint operated under this same aggressive ducal agenda, issuing pfennigs as Rudolf pushed to consolidate Styrian revenues under direct Habsburg administration rather than local noble intermediaries. He died in 1365 at age 26, cutting the series short.