St. Veit an der Glan served as the ducal capital of Carinthia through much of the medieval period, and the mint there operated under a succession of Habsburgs and their predecessors during the first half of the fourteenth century — a stretch that saw the duchy change hands between the Gorician counts and the Habsburgs following the extinction of the Carinthian Meinhardiner line in 1335. The attribution to an unknown ruler reflects precisely that dynastic turbulence; die evidence alone cannot yet pin the issue to a specific reign.
St. Veit an der Glan served as the ducal capital of Carinthia through much of the medieval period, and the mint there operated under a succession of Habsburgs and their predecessors during the first half of the fourteenth century — a stretch that saw the duchy change hands between the Gorician counts and the Habsburgs following the extinction of the Carinthian Meinhardiner line in 1335. The attribution to an unknown ruler reflects precisely that dynastic turbulence; die evidence alone cannot yet pin the issue to a specific reign.