Denier - Boleslaus I the Cruel

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Reverse description	Central device depicts a stylized architectural motif, interpreted as a church facade or temple front with a triangular pediment, rendered in a highly schematic manner. Below the structure appears the inscription 'DNO' or a variant thereof within the field. The surrounding legend in Latin characters encircles the design within a beaded border, consistent with Bohemian deniers of the Přemyslid period. The engraving is bold and primitive, characteristic of tenth-century Central European hammered silver coinage.
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Additional information	Boleslaus I earned his epithet by ordering the murder of his brother Wenceslaus in 935 — the same Wenceslaus later canonized as Bohemia's patron saint. His subsequent 37-year reign was spent consolidating Přemyslid control over a fragmented territory, and coinage was part of that project. These early Bohemian deniers are among the first struck coins attributable to the region with any confidence, predating a coherent mint infrastructure by decades. Cach 23 is among the rarer attributed types of his reign, with surviving examples spread thinly across Czech and German institutional collections.