Austria 500 Schilling Gold Coin 1996 Heinrich II Jasomirgott

Austria 500 Schilling Gold Coin 1996 Heinrich II Jasomirgott

Obverse: Emperor Frederick Barbarossa and his entourage riding through Vienna, value below, date at lower right
Reverse: Half-length figure of Heinrich II Jasomirgott, sword in right hand, 3/4 facing.
Edge Description: Reeded

Composition: Gold
Fineness: 0.9860
Weight: 8.1130g
AGW: 0.2572oz

Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa stayed in July 1165 in Vienna, where he was housed in the Babenberg residence "Am Hof​​" of Henry II., And wife Theodora Komnena. The coin shows the emperor and his entourage riding through Vienna. Also in 1189 - On the way to the third Keuzzug - was Friedrich Barbarossa in Vienna.

True portraits were not in the Babenberg time. Jasomirgott as Henry II was always represented as a young man - as in the stained glass window of the Holy Cross, the model for the figure on the coin. Deviating from the original, the engraver Herbert Wähner has added the important privilege minus.

Henry II, Duke of Austria
Henry II (German: Heinrich, 1107 – 13 January 1177), called Jasomirgott, was the Count Palatine of the Rhine from 1140 to 1141, the Margrave of Austria from 1141 to 1156, the Duke of Bavaria from 1141 to 1156 as Henry XI, and the Duke of Austria from 1156 to 1177. He was a member of the House of Babenberg.