POLAND, Monarchy. Boleslaw III Krzywousty (Wrymouth). 1102-1138. AR Brakteat (26mm, 0.54 g). + SALЯ:Ǝ[...]DOBƎZLA·VS (some inverted and retrograde letters), St. Adalbert, holding crozier in left hand, standing left, giving blessing with right hand placed on the head of Boleslaw, kneeling right in prayer. Grierson, Coins of Medieval Europe 222; Hutten-Czapski 4; Kopicki 47; Gumowski 81. Lightly toned, area of weak strike in legend. EF. Rare.
From the Richard A. Jourdan Collection of Medieval European Coins. Ex Gärtner 35 (20 October 2016), lot 34207; Peus 416 (28 April 2016), lot 594; Peus 407 (7 November 2012), lot 1675; Künker 188 (20 June 2011), lot 183; Meister & Sonntag 9 (26 May 2010), lot 619; Künker 105 (27 September 2005), lot 2457.