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Denier - Otto I of Olomouc
| Issuer | Olomouc, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1061-1087 |
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| Currency | Denier (1054-1197) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Central motif consists of a cross pattée or floriated cross, with heart-shaped or trefoil terminals extending into each quadrant, forming a quatrefoil-like design within a plain inner circle. The cross is surrounded by a series of pellets or globules arranged around the inner ring, with further pellets punctuating the outer border. The overall composition is characteristic of Bohemian-Moravian Romanesque hammered deniers of the eleventh century. No legible inscription is present on this face. |
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Otto I ruled Olomouc as an appanage duchy under the Přemyslid system, which divided Bohemia's territories among male-line relatives rather than consolidating them under a single heir. His coinage was issued independently of Prague, reflecting the genuine fiscal autonomy these sub-duchies exercised in the latter half of the eleventh century. Cach 371 is among the better-documented Moravian denier attributions from this fragmented period, though die linkage studies have occasionally complicated the boundaries between his issues and those of his contemporaries in Brno and Znojmo.