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Denier Bracteate - Ottokar I
| Issuer | Kingdom of Bohemia |
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| Year | 1210-1230 |
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| Currency | Bracteate (1210-1300) |
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| Obverse description | Uniface bracteate struck in thin silver sheet. Central device depicts a crowned facing bust or helmeted figure, rendered in high relief in the Romanesque style typical of Bohemian bracteates of the early 13th century. The figure appears flanked by foliate or scrolling decorative elements filling the inner field. The design is enclosed within a raised inner circle, surrounded by a broad, plain outer rim with irregular flan edges characteristic of hammered bracteate coinage. No legend is present. |
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| Mintage | ND (1210-1230) |
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Ottokar I secured the hereditary kingship of Bohemia through the Golden Bull of Sicily in 1212, extracted from Frederick II in exchange for supporting his imperial candidacy. The bracteate issues of his reign reflect the broader shift in Bohemian minting toward thin, single-sided technique that dominated Central European silver coinage through the thirteenth century — a format suited to the relatively soft local silver from Bohemian deposits before the great Kutná Hora strikes transformed the region's output later that century.
Cach 691 is documented but genuinely scarce in the trade. Die wear is characteristically uneven across known specimens.