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Denier - Boleslaus III
| Issuer | Kingdom of Bohemia |
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| Year | 999-1003 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays a cross with curved, volute-terminated arms, with a pellet in each of the two upper quadrants and a pellet at the center, all set within a plain inner circle. The surrounding border consists of a continuous legend in degraded Latin characters interspersed with stylized foliate or trefoil ornaments, rendered in the rough hammered style characteristic of early Bohemian medieval coinage. |
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| Reverse description | Central field features a stylized architectural structure resembling a church facade or chapel, depicted with a triangular pediment above a rectangular body enclosing the letters TA or similar degraded inscription, typical of Bohemian Ottonian-influenced deniers of this period. The design is enclosed within a plain inner circle, surrounded by a border of partially legible Latin legend interspersed with trefoil or leaf-shaped ornaments in the hammered medieval style. |
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Boleslaus III — known to Czech chroniclers as "the Red" — ruled one of the most chaotic intervals in early Přemyslid history. He blinded his own brothers to consolidate power, triggering a dynastic crisis that eventually forced his deposition by the Polish duke Bolesław I Chrobry in 1003. Coins attributable to his reign survive in extremely small numbers, partly because that reign was itself twice interrupted.
Cach 213 is among the rarer Přemyslid denier attributions, with confirmed examples held in only a handful of institutional collections.