Denier Bracteate - Premislaus II Poznań mint

Przemysł II used his coinage aggressively as a political instrument during his consolidation of Greater Poland, and the Poznań mint was central to that project. These bracteates — struck on a single face from a thin silver flan — circulated during the period when he was methodically reunifying fragmented Piast territories, culminating in his coronation as King of Poland in 1295, the first Polish king in over two centuries. He was murdered at Rogoźno the following year, less than a month after the coronation.

At 0.18 g, these are extraordinarily fragile survivors. The bracteate technique common in Central European minting of this period produced coins that distort and crack readily, which explains the rarity of intact examples attributable to Kop#162.