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Denier - Otto I of Olomouc
| Issuer | Duchy of Olomouc |
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| Year | 1061-1087 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central field features a standing frontal figure, likely a saint or ecclesiastical personage, depicted within a plain inner circle. The figure appears robed, with arms slightly extended, and a crescent or arc motif visible above the head, a common Bohemian-Moravian hagiographic convention. The surrounding legend OLOMVC runs partially around the outer rim, identifying the Olomouc mint. The relief is shallow and the flan irregular, typical of hammered Moravian denáry of the mid-to-late 11th century. |
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Otto I ruled Olomouc as an appanage duchy under the Přemyslid system, which divided Bohemia's territories among members of the ruling family rather than consolidating them under a single heir. His reign coincided with the broader Bohemian expansion of ducal Moravia, and coins struck in his name reflect the decentralized minting authority that characterized Přemyslid peripheral territories in the late eleventh century. Cach 370 is among the more sparsely documented types in the Moravian denier sequence.