Denier Bracteate - Swietopelk II the Great Gdańsk mint

Świętopełk II ruled Pomerelia with unusual ambition for a regional duke, spending much of his reign in open conflict with the Teutonic Knights and the Polish Piast dukes simultaneously. His minting activity at Gdańsk was part of a deliberate assertion of independent authority during decades when the political future of the southern Baltic coast was genuinely unsettled.

Bracteates of this type are struck on thin single-sided flans, making surviving examples with full, uncracked strikes considerably scarcer than mintage alone would suggest. Kop#208 is among the more frequently cited attributions in Polish medieval numismatics, though die-to-die variation within the type is substantial.