Friesach pfennigs — the broad, thin bracteate-style denars struck in Carinthia from the late twelfth century — became the dominant trade currency across the eastern Alpine region for well over a century, circulating from the Adriatic coast into Hungary and the Balkans. The Archbishop of Salzburg and the Duke of Carinthia contested minting rights in the region repeatedly, and many surviving pieces resist clean attribution precisely because multiple authorities copied each other's types without scruple.
The "undetermined" classification here is honest: Luschin himself acknowledged that distinguishing ducal from episcopal issues within this type group often requires die-linkage studies rather than typology alone.
Friesach pfennigs — the broad, thin bracteate-style denars struck in Carinthia from the late twelfth century — became the dominant trade currency across the eastern Alpine region for well over a century, circulating from the Adriatic coast into Hungary and the Balkans. The Archbishop of Salzburg and the Duke of Carinthia contested minting rights in the region repeatedly, and many surviving pieces resist clean attribution precisely because multiple authorities copied each other's types without scruple.
The "undetermined" classification here is honest: Luschin himself acknowledged that distinguishing ducal from episcopal issues within this type group often requires die-linkage studies rather than typology alone.