Caption

denarius, Boleslaw III Krzywousty (prince of Poland; 1086–1138), allegories, equal-armed cross, spearhead (issue mark), chain mail, crosses, mouth, knight, martyrs, Romanesque (style), knights, dragons, dragon, mouths, fight between good and evil, Adalbert (Saint; ca. 956–997), fight against pagans, Middle Ages, spears, spear. Obv.: In the beaded border, a knight in chain mail thrusting a spearhead into the jaws of a dragon turned upside down. Rv.: In the triple beaded border, an isosceles cross topped with balls. Between its arms, in two quarters, two radiating balls each (smaller ones closer to the center of the cross, larger ones with dots), in the next two quarters, one ball each (one dot on each). Ca. 1125–1138, Kraków, Poland. Coin; diameter 12.0–12.2 mm; weight 0.42 g.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A64_336

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Rights managed

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

Keywords

denarius Boleslaw III Krzywousty prince Poland 1086–1138 allegories equal-armed cross spearhead issue mark chain mail crosses mouth knight martyrs Romanesque style knights dragons dragon mouths fight good evil Adalbert Saint ca 956–997 pagans Middle Ages spears spear Obv. beaded border chain mail thrusting jaws turned upside down Rv. triple beaded border isosceles cross topped balls arms two quarters two radiating smaller ones closer center larger ones dots next two quarters ball dot Ca 1125–1138 Kraków Coin diameter 12.0–12.2 mm weight 0.42 g small round metallic object worn surface sits white background object silver-gray darker gray shadows slight brownish tarnish surface raised indented areas forming simplified humanlike figure holding long diagonal staff curved line near top edge textured dot patterns figure’s body.