BOLESŁAW THE TALL DUKE OF WROCŁAW (SILESIA)

Minted in Wrocław or Głogów, dated 1173-1190.

 Obverse: Bishop (Saint Adalbert) with a bible and a cross finished with balls .

NOTE: Variant of legend: N – VS

NOTE: The coin differs from another in my collection. The different style of the dies suggests its origin from a different workshop or even mint.

Reverse: Knight fighting a lion. Such a representation refers to the coins of his father Wladyslaw the Exile (see my previously presented coins)

No legend

A beautifully preserved coin.

Diameter  15  MM, weight 0,33   G

- ex allegro.pl from Antykwariat Numizmatyczny Niemczyk (Poland), April 2025. 

Literature

Krzysztof Jaszczyński, Propozycja systematyki denarów typu ,,biskup z krzyżem/ walka z lwem", Wiadomości Numizmatyczne, R. XLIV, 2000, z. 2 (170), s. 171.

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