Medieval denarius for identification

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I would be very interested in identifying this denarius. It weighs 0.21 grams. Does anyone have any ideas? Best regards and thank you for your help.

Possibly one of Wladyslaw II with the king fighting a lion?

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Possibly... The denarius is probably struck on one side. Judging by this photo, I was more inclined to think it was some kind of eagle head with wings, standing on something round... A very difficult identification challenge...

 

 

 

 

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I forgot to say: Welcome to Numista!

 

The early Polish denars are very light, which is what made me think of them.  Also, there are many different designs with figures (persons, animals, etc.) on both sides.

 

But yes, could also be one-sided denar or maybe Silesian heller (which often have eagle on one side):  https://en.numista.com/catalogue/index.php?e=silesia_section&r=heller&st=147&cat=y&im1=&im2=&ru=&ie=&no=&v=&cu=&a=&dg=&i=&b=&m=&f=&t=&t2=&w=&mt=&u=&c=&wi=&sw=

Thanks for the welcome ;)

 

Such tiny medieval denarii are probably one of the most difficult branches of numismatics – and still not fully described. I think the coin is single-sided, as the other side is concave. Single-sided denarii are called bracteates, but this coin looks different from them. Well, I'll just have to search the sources for the most similar specimen. I've also listed this coin on several other forums – unfortunately, no response so far. Mysteries are the most intriguing ;)

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