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| Emittent | Kingdom of Poland |
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| Jahr | 1107-1138 |
| Typ | Standard circulation coin |
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| Aversbeschreibung | Two figures facing one another in the field, separated by a vertical lance or staff held centrally between them. The left figure, interpreted as the duke Boleslaus III, is depicted in a frontal stance holding a weapon or sceptre, with a cross motif visible above. The right figure, likely representing Saint Adalbert, appears in ecclesiastical attire with a stylised head rendered in pellet-work typical of early medieval Polish coinage. The composition is enclosed within a beaded inner border, with the whole design executed in the crude but expressive hammered style characteristic of Piast dynasty bracteate-related coinage. |
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| Prägestätte | Kraków mint |
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Boleslaus III earned his epithet the hard way — his reign was defined almost entirely by military conflict, including the brutal campaign that finally recaptured Pomerania for Poland in 1119-1122. These deniers were struck to fund a kingdom perpetually at war. The Kraków mint operated under chronic silver shortages throughout this period, which accounts for the notably low weight standard relative to contemporary Western European issues.
Upon his death in 1138, Boleslaus III's Testament partitioned Poland among his sons, fracturing the kingdom into competing principalities for nearly two centuries.