Denier Bracteate - Ottokar II

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.