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Denier Bracteate protekcyjny - Boleslaus III Wrymouth Kraków mint
| Issuer | Duchy of Poland |
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| Year | 1107-1138 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | Central figure of a crowned ruler shown frontally, rendered in a schematic Romanesque style, holding a sword in the right hand and raising the left hand in a gesture of authority or benediction. The effigy is depicted in a stylized, linear manner characteristic of early medieval Polish coinage. A circular Latin legend reading BOLEZLAVS surrounds the central design within a beaded border. The coin is a bracteate struck on a thin flan, lending the design a slightly irregular, convex relief typical of protection bracteates of the period. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | As a bracteate, the reverse displays the incuse mirror image of the obverse design, with the ruler's figure and the surrounding legend BOLEZLAVS appearing in negative relief. This is characteristic of the bracteate technique, where the thin silver flan is struck from a single die, causing the design to be impressed through to the opposite side. The incuse impression retains the broad outlines of the crowned figure and the circular inscription, though detail is necessarily less crisp than on the obverse. |
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