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Pfennig unknown ruler
| Issuer | Bishopric of Gurk (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1200-1241 |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Reverse description | Facing bust of an angel with spread wings set beneath a stylized architectural motif depicting a four-towered structure, likely representing a church or city gate. The angel's facial features and wings are rendered in a schematic Romanesque manner. The legend FRISACIA appears around the periphery, referencing the diocese or its territorial association with Friesach, a key mint town in Carinthia. The composition is typical of the Friesacher Pfennig tradition of the region. |
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| Mintage | ND (1200-1241) |
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The Bishopric of Gurk, established by Archbishop Gebhard of Salzburg in 1072, held coinage rights as a suffragan see — an unusual privilege for a diocese of its modest territorial footprint in Carinthia. The bracket of 1200–1241 covers several episcopal tenures without firm attribution, which is itself telling: die links and hoard evidence have not yet produced a convincing assignment to a single bishop, leaving the type in a scholarly holding pattern that has persisted for decades.
CNA Cq111 is known primarily from hoard finds in the broader Carinthian and Styrian regions.