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Denier Bracteate - Bolesław Mieszkowic or Leszek of Masovia Kruszwica or Inowrocław or Płock mint
| Issuer | Kuyavia, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1173-1195 |
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| Reference(s) | Kop#192 |
| Obverse description | Central field depicts a frontal standing figure, likely a princely ruler, rendered in a primitive Romanesque style characteristic of early Polish bracteate coinage. The figure appears robed and crowned, holding what appears to be a lance or sceptre in the right hand, with an architectural element — possibly a tower or church facade — to the right. The composition is enclosed within a beaded inner border, beyond which scattered symbols and letter-like characters are distributed around the periphery. The overall engraving is bold and schematic, typical of late 12th-century Piast dynastic bracteates struck in the Kuyavian or Mazovian minting tradition. |
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| Reverse description | As a bracteate, this coin was struck from a single die on a thin flan, producing a mirror-image incuse impression on the reverse corresponding to the obverse design. The reverse therefore shows the same figural and symbolic composition in relief-negative, with no independent design or legend. The surface is plain and unworked aside from the incuse impression, consistent with standard bracteate production technique of 12th-century Polish coinage. |
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| Mint | Kruszwica or Inowrocław or Płock mint |
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