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Denier Bracteate - Mieszko III the Old Gniezno or Kalisz mint
| Issuer | Greater Poland, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1138-1202 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Single-sided bracteate depicting a frontal standing figure, identified as Mieszko III the Old, shown in a stylized Romanesque manner with a diademed or crowned head facing forward. The figure is rendered in high relief against a flat field, with the body shown in simplified hieratic form, arms positioned at the sides or slightly extended. Surrounding the central effigy are crude pseudo-epigraphic or partially legible letter-like symbols arranged in a circular pattern around the rim. The coin's edge is irregular and slightly lobate, characteristic of thin hammered bracteate coinage of twelfth-century Greater Poland. The overall execution reflects the provincial die-cutting style of the Gniezno or Kalisz mint workshops. |
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| Reverse description | Bracteate coinage; the reverse presents a mirror-image incuse impression of the obverse design, as is characteristic of all bracteate coins produced from a single die on a thin silver flan. No independent reverse design or legend is present. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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