Leszek the White, last senior duke of Poland (1202-27) or his successors

Cracov mint

 NOTE: The coin was certainly made before the Mongol invasion in 1241. Its affiliation to the minting of Prince Leszek the White is hypothetical.

 OBVERSE: half-figure of a bishop in a mitre, with a pastoral cope, below an inscription

 DVX .AZIMIR

NOTE: .AZIMIR from left to right, DVX from right to left.

NOTE: The appearance of Casimir's name would represent an invocation of his father's prestige (Casimir the Just) in order to strengthen his son Leszek the White's claim to the throne.The image of the bishop may refer to St Adalbert or St Stanislaus.

Diameter  15 MM, weight 0,14 G

Ex Marciniak, (Poland) auction 24, October 2024, lot nr 3062. 

Literature:

- B. Haczewska, B. Paszkiewicz, Skarb z XII-XIII wieku z Krakowa (drugie zbliżenie)-nieznane brakteaty polskie, „Zapiski Numizmatyczne”, t. 5: 2004, s. 85.

- W. Garbaczewski, Ikonografia monet piastowskich, Warszawa-Lublin 2007, s. 256. Nr. 1

Sammlung : POLAND - THE BEGINNINGS OF MINTING (UNTIL THE END OF 12TH CENTURY)