Denier - Sobeslaus Slavník

The Slavníks were the most powerful Bohemian noble family outside the Přemyslid dynasty, controlling a substantial territory centered on Libice nad Cidlinou and operating their own mint — a rare privilege that made coins like this a direct assertion of dynastic independence. That independence ended violently in September 995, when the Přemyslids massacred the Slavník clan at Libice, effectively wiping out the family and consolidating Bohemian power under a single ruling house. Sobeslaus, one of the few Slavník members to survive, did so only because he was abroad at the time, serving in the retinue of Holy Roman Emperor Otto III.