Denier - Bretislaus I
Features
| Issuer |
Unified Moravia and Margraviate
 |
|---|---|
| Duke |
Bretislaus I (1028-1034)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 1028-1034 |
| Value | 1 Denier |
| Currency | Denier (1055-1300) |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 0.8 g |
| Diameter | 19.2 mm |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 129574 |
| References | Cach# 302 František Cach. Nejstarší české mince. Česká Numismatická Společnost, Prague, Czech Republic (4 volumes).Jan Šmerda; 1996. Denáry české a moravské: katalog mincí českého státu od 10. do počátku 13. století. Datel, Brno, Czech Republic. |
Obverse
On an arc a knight's cross with two arcs growing from the lower arm.
Script: Latin
Lettering: BRCIZLΛVS DVX
Unabridged legend: Bretislaus Dux
Translation: Duke Bretislaus.
Reverse
Schematic figure facing forward, holding a cross in the right hand, a cross in the left.
Script: Latin
Lettering: S-Λ\-EBT\S
Edge
Plain
Comments
Son of Ulrich, Bretislaus I (Czech: Břetislav I.) was a duke of Bohemia from 1034 until his death in 1055. Also called Czech Achilles, he is known for conquest of Moravia in 1029, for kidnapping his future wife Judith of Schweinfurt, for his numerous military campaigns, issuing the first known Bohemian code of law and dividing Moravia into 3 apanages. See here: http://en.numista.com/catalogue/moravia-1.html
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
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