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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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| Reference(s) | Kop#103 |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | As a bracteate, this coin is uniface, struck on a thin flan with the design impressed on one side only; the reverse shows a faint incuse mirror image of the obverse as is characteristic of bracteate production technique. |
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Mieszko III ruled Greater Poland twice — expelled by his own nobles in 1177, he spent decades in dynastic maneuvering before reclaiming Kraków briefly before his death in 1202. Bracteates of this type emerged from the fragmentation that followed Bolesław III's 1138 testament, which deliberately partitioned Poland among his sons and triggered a century of internal conflict. The single-sided fabric was not an aesthetic choice but a practical response to the thin silver flans that Polish mints could reliably produce at the time.
Kop#103 attributions to Gniezno or Kalisz reflect genuine uncertainty — both were active minting centers under Mieszko, and die analysis has not conclusively separated their output.