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Denier Bracteate guziczkowy - unknown Prince Płock mint
| Issuer | Duchy of Masovia |
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| Year | 1301-1349 |
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| Technique | Hammered (bracteate) |
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| Reverse description | As a bracteate, the reverse presents the incuse mirror image of the obverse design, showing the negative impression of the crowned arcade motif with three globules and a single globule above, rendered in characteristic concave relief. The surrounding field is deeply recessed and unadorned, with a raised rim following the irregular flan edge. The incuse nature of the design confirms single-die hammered bracteate manufacture. Surface shows natural die flow and minor flan irregularities consistent with the Płock mint output of the early to mid-14th century. |
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| Mint | Płock Mint |
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Bracteates of this type — struck on a single thin flan so that the design reads in relief on one side and as an incuse ghost on the other — were the dominant small-denomination coinage of the Polish duchies during the fragmentation period, when Masovia remained politically separate from the reunifying Piast territories under Władysław I. The attribution to Płock is grounded in the mint's documented activity under the Masovian line, though the specific prince responsible for this emission cannot be identified with certainty, reflecting the broader archival gaps in Masovian numismatic records of the early fourteenth century.