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2 Deniers - Jogaila
| Issuer | Grand Duchy of Lithuania |
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| Year | 1387-1392 |
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| Currency | Bohemian Groat (-1495) |
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| Obverse description | Crudely struck field displaying a large crescent or arc motif oriented toward the left, accompanied by a vertical column or staff element rising from the base. To the left, a vertical row of four pellets or bosses is visible in the field. The design is characteristic of the primitive hammered coinage of the early Grand Duchy of Lithuania, with an irregular flan and weak strike rendering fine details largely indistinct. |
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| Reverse description | An armored equestrian figure, identified as the Pahonia (Vytis) emblem of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, depicted facing left at a gallop. The rider raises a sword aloft in the right hand and carries a shield on the left arm, with the horse shown in full stride. A partial beaded or dotted border is visible along the left margin, though the irregular flan and characteristic weakness of hammered production leave portions of the design incomplete. This heraldic Pahonia device would become the defining dynastic symbol of Lithuanian rulers throughout the medieval period. |
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Jogaila had converted to Christianity and been crowned King of Poland just months before this issue, uniting the Polish and Lithuanian crowns through his marriage to Queen Jadwiga in 1386. These deniers belong to the earliest phase of his dual rule, struck while he was simultaneously managing Catholic conversion across Lithuania — the last pagan state in Europe to formally Christianize. The tiny silver content reflects chronic metal shortages across the Baltic region throughout the late fourteenth century.