Denier Bracteate - Ottokar I

Ottokar I secured the Privilegium minus in 1212, the Golden Bull of Sicily by which Frederick II made the Bohemian kingship hereditary — a political watershed that stabilized the dynasty precisely when these thin, single-sided bracteates were being struck. Bohemian bracteate production of this period was highly regionalized, with dies cut by local craftsmen whose work varied considerably from one minting center to the next.

Cach 683 is among the more frequently encountered types from his reign, though the fragility inherent to bracteate fabric means undamaged survivors are genuinely scarce.