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Denier - Bretislaus I
| Issuer | Kingdom of Bohemia |
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| Year | 1034-1050 |
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| In circulation to | 1210 |
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| Obverse lettering | BRACIZLAVS DVX (Translation: Duke Bretislaus) |
| Reverse description | A full-length frontal standing figure of Saint Wenceslaus, patron saint of Bohemia, depicted in long ecclesiastical robes, holding a cross in his right hand and a scepter in his left, rendered in the flat, stylized Romanesque manner characteristic of mid-11th century Bohemian deniers. The legend is divided into two registers across the field, reading SCS WEN / CEZLAVS, identifying the saint. The composition is enclosed within a beaded border, with the divided inscription framing the figure above and below. |
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Bretislaus I consolidated Bohemian power aggressively, briefly seizing Moravia, Silesia, and Kraków before Holy Roman Emperor Henry III forced his submission at Regensburg in 1041. The deniers struck under his authority reflect a minting program tied directly to that political turbulence — output appears to have intensified in the years immediately following his capitulation, as Bretislaus rebuilt administrative and ecclesiastical infrastructure under imperial oversight.
Cach 317 is among the more precisely documented of his types, though die-link studies remain incomplete.