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Denier Bracteate - Ladislaus I the Short Kraków mint
| Issuer | Kraków Mint |
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| Year | 1305-1320 |
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| Currency | Denier (1177-1305) |
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| Obverse description | Single-sided bracteate displaying a stylized frontal view of a fortified gate or city tower with two pointed turrets flanking a central gabled structure, rendered in bold relief against a plain concave field. The architectural motif, widely interpreted as representing the Kraków city gate or castle, features a rectangular body with two square window openings and a crenellated or arcaded base with three short projecting merlons. The design is enclosed within a smooth inner border and the characteristic lobed, scalloped rim of hammered bracteate coinage. No inscription or legend is present. The flan is thin, slightly irregular, and exhibits four radial splits at the rim typical of this issue. |
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| Mintage | ND (1305-1320) |
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Ladislaus I — known as "the Short" for his reportedly diminutive stature — spent decades fighting to reunify a fragmented Poland before finally being crowned king in 1320, the first such coronation at Wawel Cathedral in over a century. These bracteates were struck during that long consolidation campaign, when his control of Kraków was itself contested. The extreme thinness of bracteate fabric at this weight makes surviving examples almost invariably cracked or chipped at the flan edge.