Caption

Denarius, Boleslaw III Krzywousty (Prince of Poland; 1107–1138). Romanesque silver coin, ca. 1125–1138, Poland, Kraków. Obverse: in a beaded border, a knight in chain mail thrusting a spearhead into the jaws of an upside-down dragon (allegory of fight between good and evil, fight against pagans; motifs: knight, dragon, spears, crosses, mouths, martyrs, Adalbert). Reverse: in a triple beaded border, an isosceles cross topped with crossbars; between its arms one ball; near one crossbar on its outer side a dot. Diameter 13.1–13.6 mm; weight 0.49 g. Very good state of preservation.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A63_179

License type

Rights managed

Available size

29.0Mb (1.2Mb) / 10.6in x 10.6in / 3186 x 3186 (300dpi)

Keywords

Denarius Boleslaw III Krzywousty Prince Poland 1107–1138 Romanesque silver coin ca 1125–1138 Kraków Obverse beaded border knight chain mail thrusting spearhead jaws upside-down dragon allegory fight good evil pagans motifs dragon spears crosses mouths martyrs Adalbert Reverse triple beaded border isosceles cross topped crossbars arms ball near crossbar outer side dot Diameter 13.1–13.6 mm weight 0.49 g good state preservation circular metallic object worn silver-gray surface sits centered plain white background object raised irregular border embossed scene featuring stylized human figure wearing short garment standing large animal figure positioned nearby textured details raised dots lines across surface visible colors include silver-gray darker gray tones recessed areas lighter silvery highlights raised portions.