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Denier Bracteate - abbot Wąchocki Gerard Wąchock mint
| Issuer | Wąchock Abbey (Cistercian) |
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| Year | 1219-1234 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Single-sided bracteate struck on a thin silver flan, displaying a central floriated or cross patée design rendered in bold Romanesque style with stylized interlaced foliate elements. The cross composition is enclosed within a beaded inner circle, beyond which a circular legend in early medieval Latin script runs along the outer border, individual letter groups separated by pellets or annulets. The partially legible inscription references Abbot Gerard, the issuing authority of the Cistercian mint at Wąchock. The engraving is angular and characteristic of early 13th-century Polish ecclesiastical coinage, reflecting the monastic artistic tradition of the Romanesque period. The overall design idiom is consistent with Cistercian bracteate issues from the reign of Abbot Gerard (1219–1234). |
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| Obverse lettering | GERH · MO... |
| Reverse description | As is standard for bracteate coinage, this piece is struck from a single die on an extremely thin silver flan, producing no independent reverse design. The reverse consequently exhibits the incuse mirror-image impression of the obverse composition — the central cross and surrounding legend appearing in negative relief — with the delicate, translucent fabric typical of bracteate manufacture. The thin silver substrate shows the characteristic surface irregularities and slight warping inherent to this hammered single-die technique. |
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