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Denier - Sobeslaus I
| Issuer | Kingdom of Bohemia |
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| Year | 1125-1140 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Within a beaded inner circle, a standing frontal figure depicted in high relief, rendered in the Romanesque style typical of Bohemian bracteate-influenced deniers. The figure, likely representing a saint or ecclesiastical personage, is shown in draped robes with diagonally hatched drapery folds, framed by an oval or mandorla-like border. The overall design is contained within a plain outer border with an irregular flan edge characteristic of hammered coinage of the period. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Sobeslaus I consolidated Přemyslid authority after defeating and killing the Holy Roman Emperor's candidate, Otto II of Olomouc, at the Battle of Chlumec in 1126 — a victory that secured his rule and reduced Bohemia's internal dynastic fragmentation for over a decade. The deniers struck under his name reflect that stabilized authority, though attribution within Bohemian bracteate-adjacent coinage of this period remains contested, and Cach 584 sits among a cluster of types whose precise mint assignment is still debated by Czech numismatic scholars.