denarius, Bolesław III Krzywousty (prince of Poland; 1086–1138 / reign 1107–1138), Romanesque style, allegorical imagery of fight between good and evil and fight against pagans, depiction of knight in chain mail spearing a dragon (dragon turned upside down), reference to St. Adalbert (ca. 956–997), inscriptions/marks: spearhead (issue mark), crosses, balls; Obverse: in beaded border, knight in chain mail thrusting a spearhead into the jaws of an inverted dragon. Reverse: in triple beaded border, an isosceles cross topped with balls; at the intersection of the arms, a ball; between the arms,
GLIX-115-3EC9WGG
Magyarország
Kollekció
GLIX Prime
Novel Use
Fotós / Szerző
Penta Springs, Geo Naturalis
Készült
Leírás
denarius, Bolesław III Krzywousty (prince of Poland; 1086–1138 / reign 1107–1138), Romanesque style, allegorical imagery of fight between good and evil and fight against pagans, depiction of knight in chain mail spearing a dragon (dragon turned upside down), reference to St. Adalbert (ca. 956–997), inscriptions/marks: spearhead (issue mark), crosses, balls; Obverse: in beaded border, knight in chain mail thrusting a spearhead into the jaws of an inverted dragon. Reverse: in triple beaded border, an isosceles cross topped with balls; at the intersection of the arms, a ball; between the arms,