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Pfennig 'Vierzipfliger Löwenpfennig'
| Issuer | Habsburg-Laufenburg, Counts of |
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| Year | 1251-1300 |
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| Currency | Pfennig (12th-15th century) |
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| Obverse description | Within a raised inner circle, a lion passant to the left rendered in bold relief in the archaic medieval style typical of southern German bracteate-influenced pfennigs. The beast is depicted with exaggerated clawed forepaws, a curling tail raised over its back, and a stylized open-mouthed head turned forward. The flan exhibits the characteristic four-cornered pinched shape of the Vierzipfliger type, with an irregular hammered surface. No legend or inscription is present in the field. |
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| Mintage | ND (1251-1300) |
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The Laufenburg line of the Habsburg family held their Rhine crossing rights jealously — the town's tolls were among the most lucrative on the upper Rhine, and small silver bracteate-style pfennigs like this one functioned as the practical currency of that traffic. When the Habsburgs of Laufenburg were gradually absorbed into the main Austrian line through the 14th century, their local coinage traditions disappeared with them.