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Denier Bracteate - Ottokar II
| Issuer | Kingdom of Bohemia |
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| Year | 1253-1260 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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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 fragmented regional minting practices that persisted across the Bohemian lands before his later monetary consolidations. Cach 756 falls within a narrow seven-year window that ended when Ottokar's territorial ambitions — he controlled Austria from 1251 — began demanding more standardized coinages to manage cross-regional commerce.
Bracteate production in Bohemia was already archaic by European standards at this point, a thin-flan single-sided technique the region clung to well after German mints had abandoned it.