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Denier - Přemysl
| Issuer | Margraviate of Moravia |
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| Year | 1228-1239 |
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| Value | 1 Denier |
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| Obverse description | Central field dominated by a stylized architectural motif depicting a tower or fortified gate with crenellations, flanked on either side by spread eagle wings rendered in a bold, schematic Romanesque style. Below the central tower, two confronted animal figures — likely lions or griffins — are visible, their bodies curving outward symmetrically. The design is executed in high relief with deeply impressed fields, characteristic of Moravian hammered deniers of the early 13th century. No legend is present; the composition fills the flan to its irregular edges. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Přemysl of Bohemia held the Moravian margraviate during a period of intense dynastic friction within the Přemyslid family, and the coinage issued under his name reflects administrative consolidation rather than numismatic innovation. Moravian deniers of this type are documented under Cach 891, though surviving examples vary considerably in die execution — a product of decentralized minting across Moravian workshops that lacked the standardization enforced in Bohemia proper.
The political relationship between the Moravian margraves and the Bohemian crown during the 1230s was structurally subordinate but practically ambiguous, which makes the autonomous coinage issued in Přemysl's name a meaningful assertion of regional authority.