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Denier - Boleslaus II the Pious
| Issuer | Kingdom of Bohemia |
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| Year | 967-999 |
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| Value | 1 Denier |
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| Reverse description | Central field bears a plain cross with a small circle at the intersection, enclosed within a beaded inner circle, a standard composition found on Bohemian deniers of the Premyslid dynasty. The four quadrants formed by the cross each contain a letter or symbol, likely forming a votive or ruler's invocation in abbreviated Latin. An outer legend in Latin characters runs along the periphery of the coin, partially obscured by the irregular edge of the hammered flan. The design closely follows Carolingian and Ottonian monetary conventions adapted by the early Bohemian mints. The overall execution is characteristic of late 10th-century Central European coinage under Duke Boleslaus II. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Boleslaus II secured an independent Bohemian bishopric at Prague in 973, a political achievement that fundamentally altered the kingdom's relationship with the Holy Roman Empire and directly shaped the coinage program of his reign. These deniers were among the earliest struck under a consolidated Přemyslid monetary authority, produced as Bohemia was actively constructing the institutional framework of a Christian kingdom rather than simply participating in one.
Cach 75 is among the rarer catalogued types of the reign.