Dies of the Czech tenth-eleventh-century coinage as a source for the history of the Czech lands Cover Image

Stemple monet czeskich z X–XI wieku źródłem do historii Czech
Dies of the Czech tenth-eleventh-century coinage as a source for the history of the Czech lands

Author(s): Stanisław Suchodolski
Contributor(s): Agnieszka Tokarczuk (Translator)
Subject(s): History, Archaeology, Economic history, Middle Ages, 6th to 12th Centuries
Published by: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
Keywords: coin;Emma;St. Adalbert;Bohemia;Boleslaus II

Summary/Abstract: The paper first adumbrates the issue of coins as a source of information from which historian and other researchers can study the past. The Czech coinage of the tenth and eleventh century is shown as a very complex issue. The paper seeks to explore two of them. One is the origin of Emma Regina, whose coins were supposedly minted in Mielnik. Having presented and briefly analysed medievalists’ hypotheses concerning the origin of Emma, the author concurred with the hypothesis of her French origin. Next, the article examines a coin referred to as denarius episcopi, i.e., minted by an unnamed bishop. Having emended the coins’ inscription, S. Suchodolski has resolved the problems the source hitherto posed in historiography.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 34-56
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: Polish