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Denier Bracteate - Odon Mieszkowic Poznań mint
| Issuer | Greater Poland, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1179-1194 |
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| Value | 1 Denier (2) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | As a bracteate, this coin is struck on a single thin flan from one die only; the reverse presents an incuse mirror image of the obverse design, showing the standing warrior figure in relief on the obverse side as a corresponding depression on the reverse. The surface is plain with no independent reverse design or legend. |
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Odon Mieszkowic ruled Greater Poland as duke from 1177 until his death in 1194, a period of persistent fragmentation across the Piast domains following the Statute of Krzywousty. Bracteates of this type were struck at Poznań during a phase when Polish monetary production was almost entirely dominated by thin, single-sided silver — a format that suited the limited silver supplies and primitive striking infrastructure of the regional Polish mints. Kopicki 141 is among the scarcer attributions in the bracteate series for this duchy.