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Denier - Sobeslaus Slavník
| Issuer | Kingdom of Bohemia |
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| Year | 985-995 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse description | Central beaded inner circle enclosing a stylized architectural or ecclesiastical motif, likely a church facade or altar cross, rendered in schematic hammered relief with vertical and horizontal elements suggesting columns or a nave. Flanking decorative elements appear within the inner field on either side of the central device. A continuous outer legend in Latin characters occupies the border between the inner and outer beaded circles, partially legible on this irregular flan. The design follows conventions typical of late Slavníkid coinage of Bohemia, consistent with the broader tradition of Ottonian-influenced Central European deniers of the late 10th century. |
| Reverse script | Latin |
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Sobeslaus Slavník was a member of the Slavník dynasty, the powerful Bohemian clan that rivaled the Přemyslids for control of the region until 995, when the Přemyslids massacred the Slavník family at Libice — an event that effectively ended any dynastic competition and consolidated Přemyslid dominance over Bohemia. This denier was struck within that compressed window of Slavník autonomy, making it a product of a family with perhaps a decade left in its political existence.
Cach 153 is among the rarer Slavník issues, with surviving examples concentrated in a handful of Czech institutional collections.