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Denier - Boleslaus V the Chaste Kraków mint

Issuer Kraków mint
Year 1243-1279
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Technique Hammered
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Reverse description The reverse presents a bold, stylized design featuring a large central horizontal band of ring-and-pellet ornaments dividing the field. Above this band, an elaborate interlaced or vegetal motif rendered in high relief dominates the upper portion of the flan, while the lower field displays further schematic linear and curvilinear decorative elements. A beaded border runs around the periphery of the irregularly shaped flan. The overall style reflects the Romanesque artistic tradition of the Piast court workshops, with strong emphasis on geometric patterning over naturalistic representation.
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Boleslaus V ruled a fragmented Piast Poland at a moment of catastrophic disruption — the Mongol invasions of 1241 and 1259 devastated Lesser Poland, and Kraków itself was sacked twice. That the mint continued producing deniers at all through this period is notable. These bracteate-influenced thin silver pieces circulated in an economy still rebuilding after the first invasion wiped out much of the urban population of the region.

Kop. 157 places this among the earlier attributions in Kopicki's Polish medieval series, though precise dating within the 1243–1279 window remains difficult without die-linkage study.

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