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Denier Bracteate - Ottokar II
| Issuer | Margraviate of Moravia |
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| Year | 1253-1270 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Uniface bracteate struck on a thin silver flan exhibiting the characteristic concave profile of the type. The central device depicts a stylized architectural or heraldic motif, likely a tower or fortified gate surmounted by battlements, flanked by two facing eagle heads or similar heraldic charges rendered in a bold, schematic Romanesque style. The design is set within a raised inner border, with a further raised outer rim encircling the entire flan. The irregular edge of the flan shows typical characteristics of hand-cut medieval bracteate production. |
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| Mintage | ND (1253-1270) |
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Ottokar II ruled Moravia before ascending to the Bohemian throne, and the deniers struck under his margravial authority reflect the thin-flan bracteate tradition that dominated central European minting in the mid-thirteenth century. Cach 946 is among the more precisely attributable issues from his Moravian period, which ended when he consolidated Bohemian kingship and reorganized his monetary administration accordingly.
Bracteate production in Moravia depended on dies that wore quickly against the fragile single-sided flans, making sharp survivors genuinely uncommon.