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Denier - Jaromir
| Issuer | Kingdom of Bohemia |
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| Year | 1003-1034 |
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| Currency | Denier (935-1300) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central design features a cross pattée with a pellet in each of the four angles, a motif widely employed on Ottonian and Přemyslid coinage of the early medieval period. The cross divides the inner field into four quarters, each containing a large globule. A circular border separates the central cross motif from the surrounding legend. The Latin inscription SCS WENCESL runs around the periphery, invoking Saint Wenceslaus, patron saint of Bohemia and a recurrent religious reference on Přemyslid coinage. The hammered flan exhibits characteristic irregular edges and uneven strike pressure. |
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Jaromír ruled Bohemia twice, interrupted by his brother Boleslav III having him blinded and exiled — a common enough dynastic solution in the Přemyslid family. His second reign began in 1004 after Bolesław I of Poland was driven out of Bohemia by Henry II of Germany, making Jaromír effectively a client ruler propped up by imperial force. Deniers of this period circulated in a Bohemian economy still heavily dependent on tribute silver and slave trade revenues flowing through Prague.
Cach 248 is among the more firmly attributed types of an otherwise difficult series to sequence chronologically.