A very attractive piece. Beautiful minting quality for this type, with both sides legible.
A distinctive denarius of Boleslaw the Tall, the eldest son of Ladislaus the Exile, with the reverse referring to his father's issue.
Struck in Wrocław, dated 1173-1190.
The obverse shows the letters VS, which was once interpreted as Sanctus Adalbertus, but nowadays, as Boris Paszkiewicz writes, "would be an abbreviation of the name Vladizlaus."
Variety with a cross of bullets in the field behind the figure of the knight.
Silver, diameter 16 mm, weight 0.31 g.
