1 Pfennig - Austrian Interregnum (Enns or Wiener Neustadt) ND (1246-1251) front 1 Pfennig - Austrian Interregnum (Enns or Wiener Neustadt) ND (1246-1251) back
1 Pfennig - Austrian Interregnum (Enns or Wiener Neustadt) ND (1246-1251) photo
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1 Pfennig - Austrian Interregnum Enns or Wiener Neustadt ND

 
Silver 0.6 g -
Description
Issuer
Duchy of Austria (Austrian States)
Period
Austrian Interregnum (1246-1251)
Type
Standard circulation coin
Years
1246-1251
Value
Denier (Pfennig) (1)
Currency
Pfennig (976-1278)
Composition
Silver
Weight
0.6 g
Shape
Round (irregular)
Technique
Hammered
Demonetized
Yes
Updated
2024-10-04
References
Numista
N#124370
Rarity index
93%

Edge

Plain

Comment

Friedrich II, the Quarrelsome, Friedrich der Streitbare was a Babenberg, duke of Austria and Styria from 1230 to 1246. He died at the battle of the Leitha against Hungary in 1246. He had no heir and was the last of the Babenberg. After his death, an unstable period called the Austrian Interregnum, ended with the occupation by the Bohemian King Ottokar II of Austria in 1251.

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