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Denier - Svatopluk
| Issuer | Olomouc, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1095-1107 |
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| In circulation to | 1197 |
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| Obverse description | Stylized frontal bust of a ruler depicted in a highly schematic Romanesque manner, wearing a crown with three points or finials rendered in horizontal lines. Below the bust, a decorative arch or collar motif is visible, flanked by small ornamental elements. The entire design is enclosed within a beaded inner circle. The flan is irregular and slightly clipped, typical of hammered medieval deniers from Bohemia and Moravia. |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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Svatopluk of Olomouc ruled as duke from 1095 until his assassination in 1107, making this denier one of the shorter-lived issues of the Přemyslid appanage system. The Duchy of Olomouc functioned as a semi-autonomous Moravian principality under the Bohemian crown, issuing its own coinage independently of Prague. Cach 429 is among the scarcer of the Olomouc ducal types; Svatopluk was killed at the siege of Znojmo by a political rival, ending both his reign and this issue abruptly.