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Denier - Vladislaus Henry I
| Issuer | Margraviate of Moravia |
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| Year | 1197-1222 |
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| Currency | Margraviate Denars (1192-1300) |
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| Obverse description | Frontal bust of the margrave Vladislaus Henry I, crowned and wearing a beaded collar and armored garment, depicted in a schematic Romanesque style within a plain inner circle. The figure holds what appears to be a sceptre or sword in the right hand and an eagle or bird attribute to the left, both rendered in low relief. The bust is centrally placed within a beaded or toothed outer border typical of Moravian bracteate-style deniers of the period. No legend is present on this face. The crude but expressive portraiture is characteristic of twelfth- to thirteenth-century Bohemian and Moravian hammered coinage. |
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| Mintage | ND (1197-1222) |
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Vladislaus Henry held Moravia under a complex arrangement of Přemyslid family politics — he was margrave, but the territory's relationship to the Bohemian crown shifted repeatedly across his tenure. His coinage reflects this instability: Cach 886 is among the later Moravian deniers issued before the region's minting activity effectively collapsed into Bohemian centralization during the early 13th century.
The quarter-century span attributed to this type makes precise dating within the issue nearly impossible without die linkage studies.