Денарий, Польша, Boleslaw (992-1025), м.д. ?

POLAND / Boleslaw the Brave 992-1025. a denarius imitating the OAP type, before 1006; Obv: A slender chapel, vertical beams on the sides, a border and an imitation of an inscription around it; Rev: A simple cross with balls in the corners, around a border and an imitation of an inscription; Emil Bahrfeldt - Die Münzen der Hacksilberfunde, 1896, p. 29, no. 410, Mateusz Bogucki - Unknown hybrid of the Princes Polonie denarius and a new type of Bolesław Chrobry's coin (Wiadomości Numismatics 2006, fig. 9 and fig. 14 - B:3, Stanisław Suchodolski - Medieval numismatics, part 1, fig. 10, B-3 ; silver 18-18.5 mm, 1.04 g, a very rare coin extending the chain of princes polonie dies, including also imitations of Otto and Adelaide deniers of the OAP type, slightly off-centre and not stamped, but nice appearance, patina This type of coin has been described for the first time by Emil Bahrfeld in 1896 and came from the hoard from Lisówek, discovered in 1894 and dated after 1011. Then, already in the 20th century, two more specimens were discovered in the hoard from Przyborów, although Bahrfeldt only described the coins referring to the similarity to a copy from Lisówek - it is not certain, however, whether it is exactly the same type as the one from Lisówek, 2 similar pieces have also been discovered in the hoard from Oleśnica, but they cannot be attached to the Boles coins at present Brave's bench.