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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orielensis, post: 8264202, member: 96898&quot;]That is a very clear example of this scarce type. Most I&#039;ve seen don&#039;t have a full face on the saint. Nice catch!</p><p><br /></p><p>Since it&#039;s Monday, I&#039;m going to show my lastest acquisition, which is only my second medieval coin this year. Like most of my 2022 purchases so far, it was a &quot;snack&quot; under 30 USD.</p><p><br /></p><p>Minting of the Prague groschen began around 1300 after the discovery of silver mined in Kutná Hora. These rich silver sources enabled Bohemia to supply large parts of late medieval Poland and Germany with silver, giving it an economic key position. As illustrated by the frequency of countermarked examples, the Prague groschen became an important Central European trade coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>My new example was struck under Vladislaus II, who played an important moderating role in the the Hussite conflicts in Bohemia:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1457914[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Kingdom of Bohemia, Vladislaus II of Hungary, AR groschen, 1471–1516 AD, Kuttenberg mint. +DEI GRATIA + REX BOEMIE; WLADISLAVS SECVNDVS; crown. Rev: *+* GROSSI + PRAGENSES; Bohemian lion prancing l. 26mm, 2.63g. Ref: Dornebauer 947; Saurma 407.</font></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="4">My new coin is an upgrade on the groschen below that I bought some six years ago. It has better legends but, as often seen with this type, shows an unattractive weak strike in the center</font>.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1457913[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Kingdom of Bohemia, Vladislaus II of Hungary, AR groschen, 1471–1516 AD, Kuttenberg mint. +DEI GRATIA + REX BOEMIE; WLADISLAVS SECVNDVS; crown. Rev: *+* GROSSI + PRAGENSES; Bohemian lion prancing l. 25mm, 2.38g. Ref: Dornebauer 947; Saurma 407.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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