Légende

Denarius of Boleslaw III Krzywousty (prince of Poland; c. 1086–1138), c. 1125–1138. Obverse: in a beaded border, a knight in chain mail thrusting a spearhead into the jaws of an upside-down dragon; at the knight's left foot, a figure resembling the number '7' with dotted vertices. Reverse: in a triple beaded border, an isosceles cross topped with spheres (one with a dot), a dot at the intersection of the arms, and between the arms one dot nearer the center and one sun nearer the ends. Romanesque style; iconography: knight, dragon, fight between good and evil, martyrs, St. Adalbert; coin (denarius), Poland, Kraków. Diameter 12.2–12.8 mm; weight 0.44 g.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A64_486

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 c 1086–1138 1125–1138 Obverse beaded border knight chain mail thrusting spearhead jaws upside-down dragon knight's left foot figure resembling number 7 dotted vertices Reverse triple beaded border isosceles cross topped spheres dot intersection arms dot nearer center sun nearer ends Romanesque style iconography dragon fight good evil martyrs St Adalbert coin denarius Kraków Diameter 12.2–12.8 mm weight 0.44 g round metallic object worn textured surface sits white background object silver-gray darker gray shadows slight tarnished areas showing concentric raised ridges central cross- raised motif small rounded nodes decorative shapes uneven edges surface indentations.