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Denier - Vratislaus II
| Issuer | Kingdom of Bohemia |
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| Year | 1061-1085 |
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| Currency | Denier (935-1300) |
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| Obverse description | Central field features a stylized crown depicted in low relief, surrounded by a beaded inner circle. The peripheral legend reads WRATISLVS, referencing the issuing ruler Vratislaus II, and is set between the beaded border and the irregular coin edge. The lettering is rendered in a characteristic Romanesque majuscule script typical of eleventh-century Bohemian coinage. The overall style reflects the primitive die-cutting conventions of the period, with uneven letter spacing around the circumference. |
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| Obverse lettering | WRATISLVS (Translation: Vratislaus) |
| Reverse description | The reverse displays a stylized hand, likely a manus Dei (Hand of God) or a votive hand motif, set within a cross-quartered inner circle dividing the field into four sections. The surrounding legend reads WENCESLVS, invoking Saint Wenceslaus, the patron saint of Bohemia, a common reverse type on Bohemian deniers of this era. The inscription is arranged in the outer field between a beaded inner border and the coin's irregular periphery, with letters rendered in Romanesque majuscules consistent with the obverse style. The crude but expressive engraving is characteristic of hammered billon coinage from the Prague mint region in the eleventh century. |
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