Catalog
Pfennig - Unknown ruler St. Veit
| Issuer | Duchy of Carinthia (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1300-1350 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Two confronted capricorn protomes (foreparts of goats with fish tails) facing one another across a central vertical dividing element, with pellet or annulet details visible in the field. The design is rendered in low relief in the typical crude but expressive style of medieval Austrian bracteate-influenced pfennigs. No legend or inscription is present. The flan is irregular, consistent with hand-cut hammered coinage of the early fourteenth century. |
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| Reverse description | Uniface strike; the reverse is blank and exhibits the characteristic incuse ghost impression of the obverse design transferred through the thin silver flan during the hammering process, a feature common to bracteate-style pfennigs of the Duchy of Carinthia. The surface shows natural toning and minor die flow consistent with the period. No design, legend, or secondary motif is present. |
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| Mint | St. Veit an der Glan |
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