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Denier Bracteate - Mieszko III the Old Gniezno or Kalisz mint
| Issuer | Duchy of Greater Poland |
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| Year | 1138-1202 |
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| Value | 1 Denier |
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| Obverse description | Thin single-sided bracteate struck in hammered silver, exhibiting the characteristic irregular flan typical of 12th-century Polish deniers. The central field displays a prancing horse or quadruped facing right, rendered in a schematic, archaic style consistent with Piast dynastic iconography of the period. The figure is enclosed within a beaded inner circle, itself surrounded by a continuous outer border of pellets or stylized decorative elements forming the coin's periphery. The overall composition reflects the primitive yet expressive artistic conventions of medieval Greater Polish minting under Mieszko III the Old. |
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| Reverse description | As a bracteate, this coin is struck on a single thin flan with the design appearing in incuse relief on the reverse, the obverse motif being visible in mirror image through the thin silver planchet. The reverse surface is therefore uninscribed and shows no independent design, displaying only the impressed shadow of the obverse horse motif characteristic of bracteate coinage technology. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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