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1 Kwartnik - Ladislaus
| Issuer | Duchy of Bytom-Kosel |
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| Year | 1281-1312 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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| Edge | Plain |
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The Duchy of Bytom-Kosel was one of the fragmented Silesian principalities that emerged from the Piast dynastic divisions of the late 13th century, when Silesia splintered into a patchwork of competing minor lordships. Ladislaus of Bytom ruled a territory squeezed between rival Piast branches and Bohemian pressure, giving his coinage a practical rather than prestige function — small silver for local exchange in a politically unstable region.
The kwartnik denomination itself was introduced into Silesian circulation during this period as a fractional unit, its name derived from its quarter-value relationship to the larger grosz.