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Denier - Boleslaus I the Brave unknown mint
| Issuer | Kingdom of Poland |
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| Year | 1000-1025 |
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| Currency | Denier (992-1306) |
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| Obverse description | Facing bust of Duke Boleslaus I the Brave rendered in a crude, early medieval style, depicted with a draped mantle and a brooch or clasp at center chest, the face shown frontally with schematic linear hair. The legend BOLESCL (or variant) surrounds the bust in two lines in the field, reading partially to left and right of the figure, executed in irregular Latin characters characteristic of early Polish coinage. |
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| Reverse lettering | BOLESCL |
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Boleslaus I secured a remarkable concession at the Congress of Gniezno in 1000 AD, when Otto III granted him the right to establish independent Polish bishoprics — a political breakthrough that almost certainly preceded or enabled the minting of native Polish coinage. Whether this denier was struck before or after Boleslaus formally crowned himself King in 1025, just months before his death, remains unresolved. The "unknown mint" attribution reflects genuine scholarly uncertainty; Poznań, Gniezno, and Wrocław have all been proposed.