Catalog
Pfennig - Werinto-Dietrich Posthumous
| Issuer | County of Formbach (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1145-1165 |
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| Value | 1 Pfennig (1) |
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| Obverse description | Central rosette or wheel motif with multiple radiating petals occupying the field, surrounded by four stylized foliate or leonine forms arranged symmetrically at the cardinal points. A small schematic facing head or mask appears at the top of the design, rendered in the crude but expressive Romanesque style typical of 12th-century Austrian bracteate-influenced pfennigs. The overall composition is densely decorated with interlocking organic forms, leaving little open field. The flan is irregular and slightly uneven, consistent with hand-hammered medieval coinage of this period. |
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| Mintage | ND (1145-1165) |
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Werinto-Dietrich died before this coin was struck — the posthumous attribution reflects the County of Formbach's political need to maintain continuity of comital authority during a period when the dynasty was already in terminal decline. Formbach itself was absorbed by the Bavarian Wittelsbach sphere within a generation, making coinage from this window exceptionally sparse in the documentary record.