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Pfennig Undetermined Friesach marks, Peilenstein
| Issuer | Duchy of Carinthia (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1200-1230 |
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| Diameter | 19 mm |
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| Obverse description | Enthroned bishop or ecclesiastical figure shown facing, rendered in the Romanesque style characteristic of early 13th-century Friesach coinage. The figure is depicted seated frontally, wearing liturgical vestments, with arms extended and holding attributes of office. A circular legend surrounds the central effigy, partially legible, reading +EBER[HARDSE] PS, likely referencing the issuing bishop Eberhard. The flan is irregular and the die-work is bold but somewhat crude, typical of hammered provincial coinage of this period. |
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| Obverse lettering | +EBER[HARDSE] PS |
| Reverse description | Architectural motif depicting a stylized church façade or gateway with a prominent central arch, flanked by towers surmounted by crosses or finials, rendered in high relief in the Romanesque tradition. A small figure or decorative element, possibly a lamb or bird, appears beneath the arch in the lower field. The design is contained within a beaded inner circle, with the surrounding legend +[FR]ISAC[H] referencing the mint city of Friesach. The irregular flan and variable strike are consistent with hammered bracteate-related Pfennig production of the early 13th century. |
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