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Denier - Sobeslaus Slavník
| Issuer | Kingdom of Bohemia |
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| Year | 985-995 |
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| Value | 1 Denier |
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| Obverse description | Central field features a stylized hand or crozier-like symbol set within a beaded inner circle, possibly representing an ecclesiastical or dynastic emblem. The device is rendered in a crude but characteristic Bohemian early medieval hammered style. Surrounding the inner circle, a legend in degraded Latin characters is distributed around the periphery of the flan, interspersed with cross motifs at the cardinal points. The overall design is typical of late tenth-century Bohemian deniers produced under the Slavník dynasty. |
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| Reverse description | Central field depicts a facing or three-quarter bust, likely a stylized portrait of the issuing prince or a saint, enclosed within a beaded inner circle. The figure appears in a crude, hieratic style characteristic of Bohemian hammered coinage of the late tenth century. A degraded Latin legend surrounds the inner circle, with letters distributed around the outer border of the coin. Cross motifs punctuate the legend at intervals, consistent with contemporary Bohemian denier types attributed to the Slavník dynasty. |
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Sobeslav Slavník was a member of the Slavník dynasty, a powerful Bohemian noble family that controlled much of eastern Bohemia and operated with near-royal independence from the Přemyslid dukes in Prague. That independence ended violently in 995 when Přemyslid forces massacred the Slavník clan at Libice — almost certainly wiping out production of this coinage at the same moment.
Cach 159 is among the rarest attributions in early Bohemian numismatics, with surviving examples numbering in single digits.