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In the territory of modern Slovenia, there was virtually monetary circulation in the period after the settlement of the Slavs. Only 29 specimens of Byzantine coins, Abbasid and Carolingian period AD 700-1000 are documented (P. Kos The circulation of money in the southeastern region of the Alps ca. 300 BC-1000 AD), indicating that the economy was largely natural, with only local exchange of beni.Dopo 's 11th century provvenienti people from Bavaria and Tirol (1) began a colonization of these lands, new urban realities were formed and the population gradually increased. Brand rights are granted to local nobles and many shops are open, most of them are opened in the vicinity of the border with Croatia to indicate an interest in trade with neighboring Hungary. (A. Šemrov, Slovenia - Coinage and History ).
Is thus to spread a imitative coinage, which will be called frizatik, of the money of the archbishopric of Salzburg (Friesach a town in Carinthia where nel1130 was opened by the bishops of Salzburg and Gurk a brand to monetize the silver extracted from the local rich mines. these are minted money so primitive and clumsy that they were easily copied from neighboring countries, not just the fame of their purity silver spread, thus acquiring appreciation and credit), then predominant in the monetary system in Central Europe, coined in 11 ticks in Slovenia from 12th century poi.Le imitations circulating either together with the original, as evidenced by the findings.
The creation of ticks can be attributed to the intense political activity of the Duke Bernard II (1202 - 1256), perhaps as early as 1205.
Another type of coins imitated Aquilean money was minted in the city of Ljubljana / Laibach, Kamnik / Stein and Kostanjevica / Landstraß period not well known because of lack of reliable documents, however, in several documents of the thirteenth discusses trades that are welded with local currencies.
Ticks of 12-13 century were small forges located in places likely to make the greatest profit, close to major traffic arteries, in large cities and the border orientale.Le coins of this period are of extreme rarity, very probably, the opposition that the patriarchs of Aquileia must have done to difussione in their lands of the money, nearly perfect copies of their currencies.
The trade with the East was thwarted by the Mongol attack in Hungary in 1240.
Otokar II (1230-1278), King of Bohemia, introbuce another type of pfennig, the Hälbling. Otokar II, due to the dynastic dispute that had arisen, was killed shortly after the Battle of Marchfeld by Rudolph of Habsburg.
With Albert, his son, the Habsburg dynasty league its name to the fate of these lands.
The Viennese pfennigs becomes predominant in the monetary system of central Europe this has led to a decline slowly Mints Slovenia.
 Thanks to recent non-destructive testing (are measured radiation which various metals, the alloy of the coin contains) was able to infer that ticks in central Slovenia, its western border and east, in part, the silver obtained through the trade both land from the Alps probably extracted in Carinthia and sea, the others are nearby sites of extraction of metals
 
 
notes:
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The ecclesiastical feudal lords, who received the land:
Bishops Salzburg
Bishops of Bamberg
bishops of Krka in Carinthia
Patriarchs of Aquileia
literature:
Giulio Bernardi The coins most commonly used in the Middle Ages Friuli
Z. Smit Early medieval coinage in the territory of Slovenia
Richard Paolucci The mint of Ljubljana PN 32

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