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Denier - Boleslaus II the Pious

Issuer Kingdom of Bohemia
Year 967-999
Type Standard circulation coin
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Obverse description Within a raised inner circle, a frontal standing figure rendered in schematic Romanesque style, likely a bishop or saint in long robes with arms slightly extended, flanked by small crosses or pellets in the field. A crescent or arch motif appears above the figure's head. The surrounding legend, composed of degraded Latin characters, runs along the outer border between two concentric circles, the lettering showing the characteristic irregularity of early Bohemian hammered coinage.
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Reverse description Within a raised inner circle, a stylised facing head or bust rendered in a primitive Romanesque manner, with radiating lines or hair strands fanning outward, giving an aureole-like effect. Small pellets or cross-like ornaments are scattered in the field around the bust. The outer border carries a degraded Latin legend between two concentric circles, the individual letters partially merged or retrograde, consistent with the die-cutting conventions of late tenth-century Bohemian deniers.
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