Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
Denier Bracteate - Mieszko III the Old Gniezno or Kalisz mint
| Issuer | Greater Poland, Duchy of |
|---|---|
| Year | 1138-1202 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Denier (1138-1303) |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Log in to see details |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Reverse description | Plain and featureless, as is characteristic of all bracteate coinage; the reverse shows only the incuse mirror impression of the obverse design, a defining technical feature of single-sided bracteate manufacture. The surface is smooth and unworked, reflecting the thin silver sheet used in production. |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Log in to see details |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Mieszko III ruled longer than any other Piast duke — twice, with a 22-year exile wedged between his reigns — and his monetary output reflects that turbulent longevity. Bracteates of this type were thin, single-sided strikes produced by hammering a flan so delicate that most surviving examples are creased, cracked, or partially collapsed. Finding one with a flat, uncollapsed field is genuinely uncommon.
Kopicki 79 situates this piece within the Gniezno or Kalisz attribution, though distinguishing between the two mints on typological grounds alone remains unresolved in the literature.