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Denier Bracteate - Ottokar II
| Issuer | Kingdom of Bohemia |
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| Year | 1253-1260 |
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| Currency | Bracteate (1210-1300) |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (1253-1260) |
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Ottokar II came to the Bohemian throne in 1253 following his father Wenceslaus I's death, and the bracteate deniers of his early reign reflect the monetary conventions he inherited rather than any reform of his own — those would come later. Bohemian bracteates of this period were struck from exceptionally thin silver flans, making them highly susceptible to cracking and folding in circulation, which is precisely why undamaged survivors are scarce.
Cach 789 falls within the pre-Groschen phase, before the silver boom from Kutná Hora reshaped Bohemian coinage entirely in the 1300s.