denarius, Boleslaw III Krzywousty (prince of Poland; 1107–1138), allegories, Boleslaw III Krzywousty (prince of Poland; 1086–1138), spearhead (issue mark), chain mail, equal-armed cross, chain mail, crosses, jaws, knight, martyrs, Romanesque (style), knights, jaws, dragons, dragon, Adalbert (Saint; ca. 956–997), fight against pagans, Middle Ages, spear, fight against good evil, spears. Obv. In the beaded border, a knight in chain mail thrusting a spearhead into the jaws of a dragon turned upside down. At the knight's left foot, a figure resembling the number '7.' Its angle is directed toward the foot. The vertices of the figure are marked with dots. Rv. In the triple beaded border, an isosceles cross topped with balls (two of them with one dot each). At the intersection of the arms, a dot. Between the arms of the cross, one dot closer to the center, one sun closer to the ends. ca. 1125–1138, Poland, Kraków, coin, diameter 12.1–12.4 mm, weight 0.39 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, equal-armed cross, chain mail, crosses, jaws, knight, martyrs, Romanesque (style), knights, jaws, dragons, dragon, Adalbert (Saint; ca. 956–997), fight against pagans, Middle Ages, spear, fight against good evil, spears. Obv. In the beaded border, a knight in chain mail thrusting a spearhead into the jaws of a dragon turned upside down. At the knight's left foot, a figure resembling the number '7.' Its angle is directed toward the foot. The vertices of the figure are marked with dots. Rv. In the triple beaded border, an isosceles cross topped with balls (two of them with one dot each). At the intersection of the arms, a dot. Between the arms of the cross, one dot closer to the center, one sun closer to the ends. ca. 1125–1138, Poland, Kraków, coin, diameter 12.1–12.4 mm, weight 0.39 g

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denarius Boleslaw III Krzywousty prince Poland 1107–1138 allegories 1086–1138 spearhead issue mark chain mail equal-armed cross crosses jaws knight martyrs Romanesque style knights dragons dragon Adalbert Saint ca 956–997 fight pagans Middle Ages spear good evil spears Obv beaded border chain mail thrusting turned upside down knight's left foot figure resembling number 7 angle directed foot vertices figure marked dots Rv triple beaded border isosceles cross topped balls two them dot intersection arms dot closer center sun closer ends 1125–1138 Kraków coin diameter 12.1–12.4 mm weight 0.39 g single round metallic object textured surface sits white background object silver-gray variations darker gray recessed areas lighter gray raised areas showing worn sculpted details group raised lines shapes suggest figures objects curved angular forms faint rim edging small irregularities indentations across surface.

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