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Denier - Władysław Opolczyk Wieluń mint
| Issuer | Kingdom of Poland |
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| Year | 1370-1395 |
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| Currency | Grosz / Groschen (1306-1528) |
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| Obverse description | Central field displays a heraldic eagle, the dynastic emblem of the Piast duchy, rendered in a crude but vigorous Gothic style characteristic of late 14th-century hammered coinage. The eagle's wings are spread and details of the plumage are roughly delineated in low relief. The surrounding field is largely flat, with the design occupying most of the flan. The coin exhibits the irregular, slightly uneven flan typical of hand-struck medieval deniers. The legend DVCIS LADISLAI appears around the periphery, partially legible due to the small module and imprecise striking. |
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| Obverse lettering | DVCIS LADISLAI |
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Władysław Opolczyk governed Wieluń as a vassal duke under Louis I of Hungary, who held the Polish crown from 1370 following the death of Casimir the Great. The Wieluń mint operated under this arrangement — a Hungarian-aligned magnate striking local silver in a region that changed administrative hands repeatedly across these decades. Opolczyk was eventually stripped of his Polish territories by Władysław II Jagiełło in 1396, making the mint's operational window tight and its output correspondingly limited.