denarius, Boleslaw III Krzywousty (prince of Poland; 1107–1138), allegories, Boleslaw III Krzywousty (prince of Poland; 1086–1138), spearhead (issue mark), chain mail (iconographic), chain mails, dragons, mouth (iconographic), knight (iconographic), crosses, equal-armed cross (iconographic), Middle Ages, Romanesque (style), dragon (iconographic), martyrs, knights, mouths, Adalbert (St.; ca. 956–997), spear (iconographic), fight against pagans (iconographic), fight between good and evil (iconographic), good (state of preservation), spears. Obverse: in the beaded border, a knight in chain mail thrusting a spearhead into the jaws of a dragon turned upside down. Reverse: in the triple beaded border, an isosceles cross topped with spheres (two of them with one dot each). Between its arms, single suns (three of them with one dot each; the fourth may also have one but is obscured by under-striking). ca. 1125–1138. Poland, Kraków. Coin. Diameter 13.1–13.8 mm. Weight 0.63 g.
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denarius, Boleslaw III Krzywousty (prince of Poland; 1107–1138), allegories, Boleslaw III Krzywousty (prince of Poland; 1086–1138), spearhead (issue mark), chain mail (iconographic), chain mails, dragons, mouth (iconographic), knight (iconographic), crosses, equal-armed cross (iconographic), Middle Ages, Romanesque (style), dragon (iconographic), martyrs, knights, mouths, Adalbert (St.; ca. 956–997), spear (iconographic), fight against pagans (iconographic), fight between good and evil (iconographic), good (state of preservation), spears. Obverse: in the beaded border, a knight in chain mail thrusting a spearhead into the jaws of a dragon turned upside down. Reverse: in the triple beaded border, an isosceles cross topped with spheres (two of them with one dot each). Between its arms, single suns (three of them with one dot each; the fourth may also have one but is obscured by under-striking). ca. 1125–1138. Poland, Kraków. Coin. Diameter 13.1–13.8 mm. Weight 0.63 g.

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denarius Boleslaw III Krzywousty prince Poland 1107–1138 allegories 1086–1138 spearhead issue mark chain mail iconographic chain mails dragons mouth knight crosses equal-armed cross Middle Ages Romanesque style dragon martyrs knights mouths Adalbert St ca 956–997 spear fight pagans good evil state preservation spears Obverse beaded border chain mail thrusting jaws turned upside down Reverse triple beaded border isosceles cross topped spheres two them dot arms single suns three fourth also obscured under-striking 1125–1138 Kraków Coin Diameter 13.1–13.8 mm Weight 0.63 g round metallic object rough uneven edge sits white background object predominantly silver-gray darker gray shadows slight brownish tarnish places surface raised textured relief depicting humanlike figure holding long sticklike object standing near curved segmented shape dotted border part rim varied pitted smoothed areas across face.

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