Obol - Boleslaus I the Cruel

正面描述	Central field dominated by a stylized frontal bust or figure, rendered in the primitive Romanesque manner characteristic of early Bohemian coinage. Flanking the central motif are a crescent to the left and a circular annulet to the right, both common decorative elements on Přemyslid issues. The upper field features a row of pellets or star-like ornaments forming a border segment. The overall design is boldly struck but coarsely executed, consistent with the hand-hammered technique of tenth-century Bohemian mint production. No legible legend is present, the design relying entirely on symbolic imagery.
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附加信息	Boleslaus I earned his epithet by murdering his brother Wenceslas in 935 — the same Wenceslas later canonized and commemorated in carol — and then held Bohemia against the Ottonian empire for fourteen years of near-continuous warfare before submitting to Otto I around 950. These obols, among the earliest struck coinage of Bohemia, were produced under a ruler who simultaneously built the Přemyslid state into a functioning political entity and maintained it by force. Cach 37 is a cross-type attribution within a series where die links and weight variation still generate scholarly disagreement over precise dating.

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