A valuable, very rare Kraków brakteat from the mid-13th century.
A brakteat of the Duchy of Cracow with a mysterious mint mark, arousing discussions among numismatists for years. K. Stronczynski saw here a "crooked saber", M. Gumowski "as if a saber stuck in the heart", while J. Szwagrzyk saw a crossbow. However, as Witold Garbaczewski points out, "perhaps, however, this is a symbolic representation of a princely territory guarded by a ready to defend and brave ruler."
Representation: standing figure of a knight wearing a helmet, facing left, holding a flag. In front of her the mint mark, behind her two rings and stars each.
Ex. Karl Stephens (1988).
Very nice state of preservation.
Silver, diameter 19 mm, weight 0.14 g.
