Catalog
Pfennig Undetermined Friesach minting
| Issuer | Duchy of Carinthia (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1210-1230 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Full-length frontal figure of a standing bishop rendered in a flat, Romanesque hammered style. The ecclesiastical figure holds a crozier or cross-staff in his left hand and raises his right hand in a gesture of benediction. The figure is positioned centrally within the field, flanked by an encircling Latin legend confined between two concentric linear borders. |
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| Reverse description | A bold central cross motif composed of four smaller crosses arranged symmetrically within the arms of a larger implied cross, with a small crosslet or crosshair at the center. The design is executed in a simple, high-relief hammered style typical of Friesach-type pfennigs. A Latin legend encircles the design, contained between two concentric linear borders. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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