Denier Bracteate - Leszek the White Kraków mint

Leszek the White's tenure as Duke of Kraków was anything but stable — he was expelled from the duchy twice, in 1202 and again in 1210, before consolidating control. Bracteates of this period are struck on foil-thin flans, a minting technique common in Polish lands during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries that produced coins essentially illegible from the reverse. The Kraków mint output from this reign is poorly documented, which explains the absent Kopicki reference number — many die varieties from this series remain uncatalogued or provisionally assigned.