Catalog
Pfennig - Werinto-Dietrich
| Issuer | County of Formbach (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1108-1140 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field depicts a stylized frontal bust, likely representing the count or a religious figure, rendered in the crude but expressive Romanesque die-cutting style characteristic of early 12th-century Austrian bracteate-influenced pfennigs. A prominent raised hand or scepter-like vertical element rises from the center of the design, flanked by pellet ornaments and scroll-like decorative forms. The inner field is enclosed by a beaded inner circle, with additional pellets and cross motifs visible along the outer border. The overall composition reflects the archaic, highly stylized iconographic conventions of the Bavarian-Austrian monetary tradition of the Formbach comital mint. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The County of Formbach, situated in what is now Lower Bavaria near the Inn River, was a minor but strategically positioned lordship whose coinage output was limited and closely tied to the authority of its ruling dynasty. Werinto-Dietrich's issues fall within a period of intense feudal fragmentation in the German-speaking lands following the Investiture Controversy, when even small comital houses asserted minting rights as a visible mark of independent jurisdiction. CNA B35 pieces are genuinely scarce in any condition.