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Denier - Vladislaus Henry I
| Issuer | Margraviate of Moravia |
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| Year | 1197-1222 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | Frontal bust of the margrave Vladislaus Henry I depicted in the romanesque style, wearing a crown and chainmail or beaded collar, the figure rendered in a schematic, hieratic manner characteristic of Bohemian-Moravian medieval coinage. The ruler holds his arms slightly raised at each side, with stylized decorative elements flanking the bust within a plain inner circle. The overall composition is centrally placed within the coin's field, with no visible legend. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Vladislaus Henry ruled Moravia as margrave for an unusually long and relatively stable tenure by Přemyslid standards, though his reign opened amid the dynastic turbulence that followed the death of Přemysl Otakar I's consolidation of Bohemian power. As a younger brother effectively kept subordinate to the Bohemian throne, his coinage reflects the semi-autonomous but politically dependent status of the margraviate — silver deniers struck under his authority yet within a tight feudal hierarchy.
Cach 877 is among the better-documented types of his long issue, though attribution of individual Moravian deniers from this period remains notoriously contested due to die reuse and overlapping typologies across successive margraves.