Caption

Denarius of Boleslaw III Krzywousty (prince of Poland; 1086–1138), ca. 1125–1138. Obverse: in the beaded border, a knight in chain mail thrusting the tip of a spear into the mouth of an upside-down dragon. Reverse: in the triple beaded border, an isosceles cross topped with balls (three of them with one dot each; the fourth is effaced). Between its arms, one ball (three with one dot each; the fourth effaced). One arm intersects the other at approximately 1/3 of its length. Romanesque style; iconography includes equal-armed cross, chain mail, spearhead/ spears, mouths, martyrs, knight, dragon, fight between good and evil, St. Wojciech, fight against pagans. Coin; Poland, Kraków. Diameter 13.0–13.5 mm; weight 0.48 g.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A62_467

License type

Rights managed

Available size

29.3Mb (1.2Mb) / 10.7in x 10.7in / 3200 x 3200 (300dpi)

Keywords

Denarius Boleslaw III Krzywousty prince Poland 1086–1138 ca 1125–1138 Obverse beaded border knight chain mail thrusting tip spear mouth upside-down dragon Reverse triple beaded border isosceles cross topped balls three them dot fourth effaced arms ball fourth effaced arm intersects approximately 1 3 length Romanesque style iconography includes equal-armed cross chain mail spearhead spears mouths martyrs dragon fight good evil St Wojciech pagans Coin Kraków Diameter 13.0–13.5 mm weight 0.48 g round metallic object worn uneven surface showing embossed scene object primarily silver-gray darker gray shading recessed areas lighter highlights raised portions embossing depicts standing figure wearing textured garment holding long angled object adjacent curved form segmented textured details background embossed elements striated slightly rough object’s rim irregular slightly raised surrounding area plain white.