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Denier Bracteate - Ottokar II large
| Issuer | Kingdom of Bohemia |
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| Year | 1253-1260 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | Uniface bracteate struck in thin silver sheet. Frontal bust of King Ottokar II within a raised inner circle, depicted crowned and draped, the royal figure shown to the waist with stylized robes rendered in low relief. Two heraldic devices — likely a lily or trefoil and a small cross — flank the bust in the field to either side. The overall design is characteristic of Bohemian bracteate coinage of the mid-thirteenth century, with bold, slightly rustic die work typical of the hammered technique. |
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| Reverse description | Uniface coin; the reverse is blank and uninscribed, as is standard for bracteate coinage, where the design is impressed from a single die through the thin silver flan, leaving a mirror-image incuse impression on the reverse face. |
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| Mintage | ND (1253-1260) |
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