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Denier - Vratislaus II
| Issuer | Olomouc, Duchy of |
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| Year | 1061-1085 |
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| Value | 1 Denier (Denár) |
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| Reverse lettering | WENCESLVS (Translation: Wenceslas) |
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| Mintage | ND (1061-1085) |
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Vratislaus II ruled Olomouc as an appanage duchy under his brother Spytihněv II before eventually becoming the first King of Bohemia in 1085 — a royal title granted by Emperor Henry IV as reward for military support during the Investiture Controversy. These deniers predate that elevation, placing them squarely within his ducal period in Moravia. Cach 338 is among the more elusive of his Olomouc attributions; the dies show the rough, sometimes inconsistent execution characteristic of Bohemian and Moravian minting of the mid-eleventh century, where production was decentralized and quality control essentially nonexistent.