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Founds from Bojná – Nitrafila 2008 Issue number
FDC 426
Date of issue
30.06.2008
Face value
33.00 Sk

© Slovak Post, 2008 Gilded Copper plaques, measuring from 13 to 15 cm in diameter, discovered at the Great Moravian hill fort Bojná I. – Valy are among the most significant Great Moravian art findings from the 9th century. All six plaques are decorated with figural scenes, two of them have unique inscriptions in Greek or Latin majuscule. The stamp depicts plaque No. 1 with a winged Christ “the Angel of Great Council”, which is a rare Christian iconographical motive. Its oldest known graphical depiction is known from illuminated manuscript of the Homilies of Gregory of Nazianzus (Bibliothèque nationale Paris, Gr...

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