Caption

denarius, Boleslaw III Krzywousty (prince of Poland; 1086–1138 / reign 1107–1138), Romanesque style, allegorical imagery of fight between good and evil and fight against pagans, depiction of knight in chain mail spearing a dragon (dragon turned upside down), reference to St. Adalbert (ca. 956–997), inscriptions/marks: spearhead (issue mark), crosses, balls; Obverse: in beaded border, knight in chain mail thrusting a spearhead into the jaws of an inverted dragon. Reverse: in triple beaded border, an isosceles cross topped with balls; at the intersection of the arms, a ball; between the arms, one ball. ca. 1125–1138, Poland, Kraków; coin; diameter ~12.1–12.4 mm; weight 0.33 g

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A63_098

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 reign 1107–1138 Romanesque style allegorical imagery fight good evil pagans depiction knight chain mail spearing dragon turned upside down reference St Adalbert ca 956–997 inscriptions marks spearhead issue mark crosses balls Obverse beaded border chain mail thrusting jaws inverted dragon Reverse triple beaded border isosceles cross topped intersection arms ball 1125–1138 Kraków coin diameter ~12.1–12.4 mm weight 0.33 g small round metallic object sits near center white background silver gray darker shadowed areas showing textured surface concentric ridges raised central motif includes rounded protrusions curved forms subtle variations light dark silver tones across worn surface.