Catalog
Pfennig Undetermined Friesach minting
| Issuer | Duchy of Carinthia (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1210-1230 |
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| Value | 1 Pfennig |
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| Obverse description | Full-length frontal effigy of a standing bishop rendered in the Romanesque style, robed in episcopal vestments, holding a processional cross-staff (crozier) in his left hand while raising his right hand in a gesture of benediction. The figure is depicted within a beaded inner circle, with a Latin legend occupying the annular field between the inner and outer circular borders. The design is characteristic of the Friesach pfennig tradition, with bold, stylized relief work typical of early 13th-century Austrian hammered coinage. |
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| Reverse description | Frontal bust of an angel with broad outstretched wings filling the coin's field, the head surmounted by a three-towered castle or fortified gateway rendered schematically above the crown of the head. The composition is enclosed within two concentric circular lines, with a Latin legend reading +FRI[S]ACh occupying the annular space between them, identifying the Friesach mint. The bold, hieratic rendering of the angelic figure is consistent with the Romanesque engraving conventions of Carinthian pfennig coinage of the early 13th century. |
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| Mintage | ND (1210-1230) |
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