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Pfennig - Ulrich III Windischgrätz
| Issuer | Duchy of Carinthia (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1256-1269 |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Obverse description | Stylized bust of a ruler facing left, depicted in profile with a crowned or helmeted head, holding a fleur-de-lis scepter. The effigy is rendered in the primitive hammered style characteristic of 13th-century Austrian bracteate-influenced pfennigs, with bold raised relief against a flat field. Linear borders frame the central device, consistent with contemporary Carinthian minting conventions. No legible inscription is present on this type. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Ulrich III ruled Carinthia during a period of acute Babenberg succession crisis — the dynasty had died out in 1246, leaving Austria and Styria contested between Bohemia, Hungary, and various Habsburg claimants. Carinthia itself passed through several hands before Ulrich consolidated control, and his coinage reflects that instability: the Windischgrätz pfennigs are bracteate-style issues of notably thin fabric, struck to a regional weight standard that diverged from contemporary Styrian and Austrian norms.