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Denier - Boleslaus I the Cruel
| Issuer | Kingdom of Bohemia |
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| Year | 935-972 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Central field features a cross pattée dividing the coin into four quarters, each containing a pellet or annulet ornament. The cross is enclosed within a beaded inner circle, with a partial Latin legend distributed around the circumference. The design is characteristic of the early Bohemian hammered coinage tradition, with somewhat crude but bold relief. The overall composition reflects Carolingian numismatic influence prevalent in central European deniers of the tenth century. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Boleslaus I earned his epithet by murdering his brother Wenceslaus in 935 — the same Wenceslaus later canonized and immortalized in carol — then ruled Bohemia for nearly four decades, expanding its territory aggressively into Moravia, Silesia, and parts of Poland. His deniers represent the earliest phase of Bohemian coinage, struck at a moment when the duchy was consolidating enough political and economic infrastructure to mint at all. The Cach 25 attribution places this among the foundational types of the series.