Denier Bracteate - Wladyslaw III Spindleshanks or Wladyslaw Odonic Gniezno or Poznań mint

The attribution of this bracteate to either Władysław III Laskonogi or Władysław Odonic reflects one of the more stubborn disputes in Polish medieval numismatics. The two rulers were bitter rivals who traded control of Greater Poland repeatedly between roughly 1202 and 1239, sometimes holding different parts of the duchy simultaneously. Gniezno and Poznań exchanged hands more than once during this period, making mint attribution nearly impossible without documentary evidence that simply does not survive.

Kopicki 153 groups the type under both rulers precisely because no die or hoard evidence has conclusively settled the question.