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Denier Bracteate - Leszek of Masovia Płock mint
| Issuer | Duchy of Masovia |
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| Year | 1173-1186 |
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| Technique | Hammered (bracteate) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (1173-1186) |
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Leszek of Masovia ruled as a minor duke during a period when Piast Poland was fragmented among competing branches following the 1138 Testament of Bolesław III, which deliberately partitioned the realm among his sons and ignited generations of dynastic rivalry. The Płock mint was one of the oldest in Mazovian territory, and bracteate production there reflects a broader shift in Polish minting practice during the second half of the twelfth century — thin, single-sided fabric replacing the earlier double-struck penny.
Kop#194 is among the thinner-documented issues in the Kopicki corpus for this region, with surviving specimens rarely appearing outside Polish institutional collections.