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Pfennig unknown ruler
| Issuer | Bishopric of Gurk (Austrian States) |
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| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Full-length frontal figure of a bishop in episcopal vestments, seated or standing beneath an arch, holding a crosier in his left hand and a book in his right. A cross appears to the left of the figure in the field. The design is executed in a crude, high-relief hammered style typical of medieval Austrian ecclesiastical coinage. A partial legend is visible around the periphery. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Bishopric of Gurk, founded in 1072 by Archbishop Gebhard of Salzburg, operated as a suffragan see with intermittent minting rights that were exercised sporadically and often poorly documented. Attribution of its bracteate and pfennig issues to specific bishops remains unresolved for several pieces in the CNA sequence, this being one of them.