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Pfennig - Ulrich II Carniola and borderland coinage
| Issuer | Duchy of Carinthia (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1181-1202 |
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| Currency | Pfennig (800-1500) |
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| Obverse description | Full-length figure of the duke standing facing, turned slightly to the right, holding an upright sword in his right hand and a banner-topped lance in his left; the effigy is rendered in a flat, linear Romanesque style typical of late 12th-century Austrian bracteate-influenced coinage. The figure is depicted within an irregular hammered flan with no surrounding legend or inscription. |
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| Reverse description | A stylised architectural composition depicting a crenellated curtain wall with two flanking towers, each surmounted by battlements; two six-pointed stars appear between and above the towers within the wall field. The design is rendered in a bold, schematic Romanesque manner characteristic of Carinthian and Slovenian march coinage of the late 12th century, with no surrounding legend. The wall base is shown with a decorative arcaded or banded lower section. |
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| Mintage | ND (1181-1202) |
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