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Zwanziger - Meinhard II Meran
| Issuer | County of Tyrol (Austrian States) |
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| Year | 1258-1271 |
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| Reference(s) | CNA#J12 |
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| Obverse lettering | COMES:TIROL: |
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| Reverse lettering | DE MA¥ RA NO |
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Meinhard II inherited a fragmented Tyrolean lordship and spent the 1260s systematically consolidating mountain passes, toll revenues, and mining rights into what would become one of the most administratively coherent principalities in the eastern Alps. This coin was struck during that consolidation, almost certainly funded by the silver output of the Schwaz region mines, which Meinhard aggressively brought under comital control. The Zwanziger denomination itself was a local accounting unit peculiar to Tyrolean monetary practice.
By 1271 Meinhard had secured the Treaty of Mühldorf with the Habsburgs, effectively guaranteeing Tyrolean autonomy in exchange for political alignment — a deal that shaped the county's status for the next century.