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Denier Bracteate - Ottokar II
| Issuer | Kingdom of Bohemia |
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| Year | 1253-1260 |
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| Value | 1 Denier |
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| Obverse description | Uniface hammered bracteate struck on a thin silver flan with an irregularly shaped raised rim. The central design, set within a plain inner circle, depicts a frontal crowned bust of King Ottokar II, wearing a crown with prominent finials. The figure is shown with outstretched arms, each hand raising a stylized heraldic lily or sceptre-like ornament, rendered in the characteristic bold relief of mid-13th-century Bohemian bracteate coinage. The field is otherwise plain, with no legend or inscription. The reverse shows the incuse mirror image of the obverse design, as is typical of bracteate manufacture. |
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| Reverse description | Uniface coin; the reverse is blank and undesigned, showing only the incuse impression of the obverse design as an inherent consequence of the bracteate striking technique on a thin silver sheet. |
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| Mintage | ND (1253-1260) |
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