Watch List notes:

BOHEMIA. Boleslav II Pobožný. Duke, 972-999. AR Denár (21mm, 1.36 g, 12h). Praha (Prague) mint; Omeriz, moneyer. X DΛX BOΓЄZΓ(inverted A)VS •, manus Dei emerging from clouds; ω and Λ, each with macron above, flanking hand; legend retrogtade / X OMЄRIZ • PRACA • CIV, diademed and draped bust right; Latin cross to right; legend retrogtade. Cf. Grierson, Coins of Medieval Europe 129 (for protoype of Æthelred II); Frynas B.1.24; Chach –; cf. Smerda 31g (for rev). Lightly toned. EF.


From the Richard A. Jourdan Collection of Medieval European Coins, purchased from Barry Murphy, 2015.

This type is based on the 'Hand of God penny', introduced in England by Aethelred II after 979 (SCBC 1144). The moneyer Omeriz was likely a Jewish merchant in Prague