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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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| Value | 1 Denier |
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| Reverse description | As a bracteate, this coin is struck from a single die on a thin silver flan, producing a mirror-image incuse impression on the reverse. The reverse consequently displays a shallow, negative relief counterpart of the obverse design — the armed figure with lance and shield visible in intaglio — surrounded by the raised double border. The surface shows the characteristic thinness and slight irregular cracking along the rim typical of bracteate manufacture. |
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| Mintage | ND (1138-1202) |
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Mieszko III ruled Greater Poland across two separate reigns, expelled from Kraków in 1177 by a coalition of nobles and not restored until 1198. These thin, single-sided bracteates were struck at either Gniezno or Kalisz — both functioning as major administrative centers of the duchy — during a period when Poland had no unified coinage policy, each prince striking his own issues as a direct expression of territorial authority. Attribution between the two mints remains contested.