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Denier - Otto I of Olomouc
| Issuer | Olomouc, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1061-1087 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays a stylized architectural or ecclesiastical motif, possibly a simplified church facade or altar, with flanking figures or columns rendered in low, hammered relief. A prominent crown or arch element surmounts the central device, with pellets or globules distributed across the field as decorative fillers, a common convention in Moravian deniers of this period. Two schematic standing figures or pillar-like forms flank the central composition, echoing iconographic programs found on contemporaneous Bohemian coinage. The flan edges are irregular, consistent with hand-cut planchets. The design, though schematic, adheres to the Romanesque artistic vocabulary prevalent in Central European minting of the 1060s–1080s. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Otto I ruled Olomouc as an appanage duchy under the Přemyslid system, which fragmented Moravia into separate principalities from the mid-eleventh century onward. His deniers are among the earliest attributable coins from the Olomouc mint, and Cach 378 sits in a series where die-cutting quality varies considerably — the Bohemian moneyers of this period worked with limited technical consistency, and even within a single type, letter forms and flan preparation differ enough to complicate attribution.