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Denier Bracteate - Ottokar II
| Issuer | Margraviate of Moravia |
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| Year | 1253-1270 |
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| Technique | Hammered (bracteate) |
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| Reverse description | Uniface bracteate; reverse is blank and shows the incuse mirror impression of the obverse design, as is characteristic of the bracteate striking technique. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Ottokar II ruled Moravia before inheriting Bohemia and eventually assembling one of the largest territorial accumulations in thirteenth-century Central Europe — at his peak he controlled lands stretching from Silesia to the Adriatic. These thin, single-sided bracteates were the workhorses of Moravian commerce during his margraviate years, before his ambitions outgrew the region entirely. He was killed at the Battle on the Marchfeld in 1278 by Rudolf of Habsburg, whose dynasty would dominate the area for the next six centuries.