Pfennig Undetermined Friesach minting

Friesach pfennigs were the dominant trade currency across the eastern Alpine and Adriatic trade corridors throughout the twelfth and early thirteenth centuries, accepted well beyond the borders of Carinthia itself — Friesach silver circulated as far as Hungary and the Levantine crusader states. Multiple minting authorities operated simultaneously at Friesach, including the Archbishop of Salzburg and the Duke of Carinthia, which is precisely why attribution of individual pieces remains contested. CNA Cj87 sits in that unresolved zone.