Catalog
Pfennig unknown ruler
| Issuer | Bishopric of Gurk (Austrian States) |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Reverse description | Stylized architectural facade depicting a church gable flanked by two towers, rendered in low relief in the hammered medieval tradition. A cross surmounts the central gable, and the base of the structure is articulated with a series of rounded arches. The design fills the irregular flan without a surrounding legend, typical of undated episcopal pfennigs of the Bishopric of Gurk. |
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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 suffragen see under Salzburg and issued coinage sporadically through the medieval period. Attribution of its bracteate and frachen pfennigs to specific bishops remains genuinely unresolved in many cases — the CNA designation here reflects exactly that uncertainty rather than a cataloging gap awaiting resolution.