Caption

Denarius of Boleslaw III Krzywousty (Prince of Poland; 1086–1138), ca. 1125–1138. Obverse: within a beaded border, a knight in chain mail driving a spearhead into the mouth of an upside-down dragon. Reverse: within a triple beaded border, an equal-armed cross topped with balls (two of them with one dot each) and one ball between its arms (two of them with one dot). Allegorical iconography; spearhead issue mark. Coin, Kraków, Poland. Diameter 11.3–12.1 mm; weight 0.39 g.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A63_078

License type

Rights managed

Available size

27.0Mb (1.1Mb) / 10.2in x 10.2in / 3071 x 3071 (300dpi)

Keywords

Denarius Boleslaw III Krzywousty Prince Poland 1086–1138 ca 1125–1138 Obverse within beaded border knight chain mail driving spearhead mouth upside-down dragon Reverse triple beaded border equal-armed cross topped balls two them dot ball arms Allegorical iconography spearhead issue mark Coin Kraków Diameter 11.3–12.1 mm weight 0.39 g small round metallic object slightly irregular edge sits white background object concentric raised ridges central cross- motif surrounded group raised dot- bumps visible textured surfaces highlights silver gray tones darker gray shadowing outer edge.