POLAND, Monarchy. temp. Leszek I Bialy (the White) to Władysław Laskonog (Spindleshanks). 1194-1202, 1206-1210, and 1211-1231. AR Denar (16mm, 0.28 g, 1h). Issue of Iwo Odrowąż, Bishop of Kraków (Cracow). Struck 1218-1229. + SCS VENCE(retrograde S)LAV(retrograde S), male seated right, holding cross and banner / + SCS VENCE(retrograde S)LAV(retrograde S), half-length facing bust of bishop within domed cathedral with two towers. Grierson, Coins of Medieval Europe313 corr. (attributed to Leszek I Bialy); Kopicki 232; Gumowski 236 (Władysław Laskonog). Lightly toned, areas of weakness. VF.
From the Richard A. Jourdan Collection of Medieval European Coins, purchased from Coin Kingdom, 2015 World's Fair of Money.