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Zwanziger - Meinhard II Meran
| Issuer | County of Tyrol (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1258-1295 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Central field dominated by a bold, splayed Greek cross with flared terminals, set within a plain inner circle. The arms of the cross are decorated with beaded or rope-like ornamentation at their junctions, giving the design a distinctive Romanesque character. The legend MEINARDVS runs around the periphery in Gothic-influenced Latin majuscules, bordered by a beaded outer rim. The overall style is typical of hammered medieval coinage from the Tyrolean region, with irregular flan edges consistent with hand-struck production. |
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| Obverse lettering | MEINARDVS |
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Meinhard II acquired Tyrol through inheritance in 1258 and spent the following decades systematically consolidating one of the most strategically positioned territories in the Alps, controlling the Brenner Pass and extracting considerable revenue from trans-Alpine trade. The Zwanziger — named for its count of twenty to the mark — was central to that fiscal infrastructure, circulating widely enough that it influenced monetary conventions in neighboring Bavarian and Italian markets.
Meinhard died in 1295 having never received the royal title he aggressively pursued from the Habsburgs, despite years of political maneuvering.