Boleslaw II the Bold as King of Poland

denarius, second type of coins of Boleslaw the Bold, dated 1076-1080, Cracow mint 

OBVERSE: Bust of the king left with diadem, wearing armour. In hand the sword of justice. To the right the mint marks: the letter Z, above it a cross, below it three points.

REVERSE: A building with three towers topped by large dots. Some historians interpret this as the oldest image of Krakow. It is more likely to regard this representation as a symbol of the CIVITAS DEI. A few dots around the building.

Poor silver, very nice coin for this emission.

Weight 0, 76 G, diameter 13, 5 MM

- ex Antykwariat Numizmatyczny Niemczyk (Poland), auction 42, lot 2 . December 2023 

Literature: S. Suchodolski, Mennictwo polskie w XI i XII wieku, Wrocław 1973.

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