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Denier - Unknown ruler
| Issuer | Unified Moravia and Margraviate |
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| Year | 1150-1170 |
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| Currency | Moravian unspecified denars (1055-1190) |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays a mounted equestrian figure facing left, rendered in the schematic Romanesque style typical of Moravian deniers of the mid-12th century. The rider appears armored or cloaked, seated upon a horse shown in profile with legs extended in a galloping or striding posture. To the right of the horse, a large crescent or architectural element is visible, possibly representing a stylized banner or fortification. The die is crudely engraved with irregular flan edges and no discernible legend. The overall composition is consistent with the iconographic conventions of the Přemyslid-related Moravian coinage series. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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VP#259 sits in a genuinely difficult stretch of Moravian numismatic history. The joint designation "Unified Moravia and Margraviate" reflects the political consolidation under the Přemyslid margraves, but attributing individual deniers from this two-decade window remains contested — Šmerda and Vojtíšek both proposed different rulership sequences, and the die evidence does not resolve the question cleanly.
Václav Pospíšil's corpus remains the standard reference precisely because no cleaner attribution has been achieved since its publication.