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Denier Bracteate - Ottokar II medium
| Issuer | Kingdom of Bohemia |
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| Year | 1260-1278 |
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| In circulation to | 1300 |
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| Obverse description | Uniface bracteate struck in thin silver sheet, displaying a crowned royal head in full face within a beaded inner circle. The effigy bears a prominent crown with three finials, with stylized facial features rendered in low relief characteristic of mid-13th century Bohemian bracteate coinage. The field surrounding the bust is plain, with the flan exhibiting the typical irregular roundness of hammered bracteate production. No legend is present. |
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| Mintage | ND (1260-1278) |
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Ottokar II ruled Bohemia at the height of its medieval power, controlling territory stretching from Silesia to the Adriatic at various points — earning him the epithet "King of Iron and Gold." These bracteates were struck during the period of his most aggressive territorial expansion and his increasingly tense relationship with the newly elected Rudolf of Habsburg, whose 1273 election Ottokar refused to recognize. That confrontation ended at the Battle of Marchfeld in 1278, where Ottokar was killed, making this issue's closing date a hard historical boundary.