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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 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Mintage | ND (1138-1202) |
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Mieszko III ruled Greater Poland twice — expelled by his own nobles in 1177, he spent years in exile before reclaiming his position, making the precise attribution of his bracteate issues to specific phases of his reign genuinely difficult. The Gniezno and Kalisz mints were both active under his authority, and the inability to assign this type firmly to one or the other reflects a broader problem with Polish bracteate studies: mint signatures were rarely used, and die links across the two workshops remain incompletely mapped.
Kopicki 68 is among the thinner-flan types, a consequence of the bracteate technique requiring the silver to be struck from one side only — any excess thickness risked cracking the impression on the reverse.