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Russian Denier - Władysław Opolczyk Lwów mint
| Issuer | Duchy of Opole (Władysław Opolczyk, Duke of Opole) |
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| Year | 1372-1387 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central field dominated by a broadly rendered Gothic letter W, the heraldic initial of Władysław Opolczyk, struck in high relief against a plain, irregularly flan field. Above the letter, a small pellet or globule is visible. The design is enclosed within a faint inner circle, the whole executed in the crude hammered style typical of late 14th-century Ruthenian deniers. The flan is noticeably irregular in outline, a characteristic feature of this series. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Władysław Opolczyk held Lwów and the surrounding Rus' lands not as a sovereign but as a pledge — the territory was assigned to him by Louis I of Hungary in 1372 as partial repayment for political services, and he ruled it with considerable autonomy until the Jagiellonian consolidation forced him out in 1387. These deniers were struck at Lwów specifically to serve that administered territory, which is why they are catalogued as "Russian" deniers — the designation refers to Red Ruthenia, not Muscovy. Four Koperecki varieties suggest a sustained, if modest, minting program across his fifteen-year tenure there.