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Pfennig unknown ruler
| Issuer | Bishopric of Gurk (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1200-1241 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | Facing frontal figure of a bishop or ecclesiastical dignitary, enthroned or standing, rendered in a flat, stylized Romanesque manner typical of early 13th-century Austrian bracteate-influenced coinage. The field surrounding the figure bears the partial inscription SAN ROED in Latin characters, likely an abbreviated invocation of the patron saint. The design is enclosed within a beaded or cable inner border, consistent with regional Pfennig coinage of the Bishopric of Gurk. |
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| Reverse description | Facing frontal figure of a bishop or ecclesiastical dignitary, centrally placed and depicted in a simplified, stylized Romanesque fashion, wearing a mitre and holding ecclesiastical attributes. A prominent six-pointed star or fleur-de-lis motif appears to the right of the figure in the field. The design is framed by a continuous beaded border, with additional pellets disposed around the inner field at cardinal points, characteristic of Austrian episcopal Pfennig coinage of the early 13th century. |
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The Bishopric of Gurk was founded in 1072 by Archbishop Gebhard of Salzburg, carved out of Salzburg's diocesan territory as a suffragan see in Carinthia. The bracket 1200–1241 spans a succession of bishops whose coinage attribution remains unresolved — CNA Cq59 acknowledges the type without pinning it to a specific prelate, which itself reflects how thin the documentary record for Gurk's early minting activity remains.