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Denier - Boleslaus IV the Curly Kraków mint
| Issuer | Kingdom of Poland |
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| Year | 1166-1173 |
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| Currency | Denier (992-1306) |
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| Obverse description | Two figures depicted facing one another in a confronted arrangement, rendered in the crude, flat relief characteristic of 12th-century Polish bracteate-influenced deniers. The figures appear to be a ruler and a bishop or ecclesiastical dignitary, each schematically detailed with linear drapery folds indicated by parallel incised lines. The field is unadorned, and the flan is irregular with a characteristically rough, uneven edge typical of hand-hammered medieval coinage. No legible legend is present, the design relying entirely on figural imagery to convey authority. |
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| Reverse description | Depiction of an armed knight or prince on horseback, shown in profile facing left, rendered in the schematic style typical of Piast dynasty deniers of the mid-12th century. The horse is shown in a walking or prancing posture, with the rider's figure indicated in simplified relief above. Additional small decorative or heraldic elements are visible in the field around the central motif. The surface exhibits the characteristic granular texture and flan irregularities of hammered silver coinage of this period. No surrounding legend is present. |
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| Mint | Kraków Mint |
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