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Denier - Boleslaus II the Pious
| Issuer | Kingdom of Bohemia |
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| Year | 967-999 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse lettering | +BOLESLAVS |
| Reverse description | Central motif consists of a cross pattée within a beaded inner circle, with two pellets in opposite quadrants, a design widely associated with the Prague mint under Boleslaus II. The cross divides the field into four sections, each decorated with ornamental wedge-shaped or triangular pellet elements. The surrounding legend +PRAGA CIVITAS is rendered in irregular Latin majuscules interspersed with triangular ornaments along the outer border. The flan is irregular and slightly wavy, consistent with hand-hammered production techniques of the period. The reverse design closely follows the typology catalogued under Cach #89 for early Bohemian deniers of the Prague mint. |
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Boleslaus II earned his epithet partly through his role in establishing the Prague bishopric in 973, bringing Bohemia formally into the Latin ecclesiastical orbit and reducing dependence on the Regensburg diocese. Coinage under his reign was closely tied to that political project — asserting independent authority required instruments of exchange that looked nothing like German imperial issues.
Cach 89 is among the more frequently encountered varieties of his output, though surviving examples in clean condition are far outnumbered by worn or fragmentary pieces recovered from hoard contexts across Moravia and Silesia.