Légende

denarius, Boleslaw III Krzywousty (prince of Poland; 1086–1138), allegories, spearhead (issue mark), chain mail (iconographic), equal-armed cross (iconographic), chain mail, crosses, mouth (iconographic), knight (iconographic), martyrs, Romanesque (style), dragons, knights, dragon (iconographic), Middle Ages, mouths, Adalbert (Saint; ca. 956–997), fight between good and evil (iconographic), spear (iconographic), spears, fight against pagans (iconographic). 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 and the figure's vertices are marked with dots. Rv. In the triple beaded border, an isosceles cross topped with balls; between its arms, one ball (three of them have one dot). One arm intersects the other at approximately 1/3 of its length. c. 1125–1138. Poland, Kraków. Coin; diameter 12.8 mm; weight 0.36 g.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A64_307

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

27.0Mo (1.2Mo) / 26.0cm x 26.0cm / 3071 x 3071 (300dpi)

Mots clés

denarius Boleslaw III Krzywousty prince Poland 1086–1138 allegories spearhead issue mark chain mail iconographic equal-armed cross crosses mouth knight martyrs Romanesque style dragons knights dragon Middle Ages mouths Adalbert Saint ca 956–997 fight good evil spear spears pagans Obv beaded border chain mail thrusting jaws turned upside down knight's left foot figure resembling number 7 angle directed foot figure's vertices marked dots Rv triple beaded border isosceles cross topped balls arms ball three them dot arm intersects approximately 1 3 length c 1125–1138 Kraków Coin diameter 12.8 mm weight 0.36 g single round metallic object raised central design concentric ridged rings shown white background object silver-gray darker gray shadows recessed areas slight highlights raised surfaces.