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Denier - Sobeslaus Slavník
| Issuer | Slavník Dynasty (Mint of Libice) |
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| Year | 985-995 |
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| Currency | Denier (935-1300) |
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| Reverse description | Within a beaded inner circle, a stylized architectural or ecclesiastical motif, likely representing a chapel or rotunda facade, rendered in a schematic Romanesque style with vertical columnar elements and flanking decorative features. Small ornamental symbols appear to either side of the central device. The surrounding legend in Latin reads SOBESLAVS, identifying the issuer Soběslav Slavník, distributed around the outer border of the coin. |
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| Mintage | ND (985-995) |
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The Slavník dynasty controlled a semi-autonomous principality centered at Libice nad Cidlinou that operated its own mint — a privilege that put them in direct political competition with the Přemyslid rulers of Bohemia. That rivalry ended catastrophically on September 28, 995, when the Přemyslids massacred virtually the entire Slavník family at Libice while Vojtěch (Adalbert), the most famous member of the clan, was absent on missionary work in Prussia. Sobeslaus was among those killed. This denier is therefore a product of a minting authority that was permanently extinguished by violence, not gradual absorption.