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Heller - Puota III of Czastolowitz
| Issuer | Glatz |
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| Year | 1422-1435 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse description | Within a Gothic architectural canopy or trefoil arch, a large Gothic letter G occupies the central field, with a small cross motif inscribed within its bowl. Flanking the letter on either side are two small dots or pellets positioned symmetrically in the field. The overall design is rendered in a bold, angular late-medieval Gothic style characteristic of Silesian heller coinage of the early fifteenth century. No legend is present; the letter G serves as the primary identifying device for the County of Glatz. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Glatz — now Kłodzko in southwestern Poland — passed through fractious overlordship during the early fifteenth century, caught between Bohemian crown authority and the ambitions of local Silesian magnates. Puota III held the county across a period destabilized by the Hussite wars, which disrupted minting activity throughout Bohemia and its dependencies. Small silver fractions like this heller often filled gaps left by the collapse of more regular issues.