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Denier Bracteate - Ottokar II
| Issuer | Unified Moravia and Margraviate |
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| Year | 1270-1278 |
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| Value | 1 Denier |
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| Obverse description | Single-sided bracteate struck in thin silver sheet, featuring a stylized eagle's head in profile facing left, rendered in bold relief within a plain inner circle. The head is depicted with a pronounced hooked beak and a pellet representing the eye, with feather detailing suggested along the crown. The design occupies the central field with a characteristically flat, wafer-thin flan typical of Central European bracteate coinage of the late 13th century. No legend is present; the composition relies entirely on the heraldic device as symbol of Přemyslid authority. |
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| Mintage | ND (1270-1278) |
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Ottokar II ruled Bohemia and Moravia at the height of his power during this period, controlling territory stretching from the Adriatic to the Baltic before his fatal defeat at the Battle on the Marchfeld in 1278 — the same year this coinage ceases. The bracteate format, a thin single-sided fabric struck from one die, was the dominant small denomination across Central Europe during the thirteenth century, and Moravia produced a significant regional variety under his authority.
Cach 980 is among the more precisely attributed types in the Bohemian bracteate sequence. Marchfeld ended Ottokar's life and his dynasty's territorial ambitions simultaneously.