Denier Bracteate - Ottokar II medium

Ottokar II ruled Bohemia at the peak of its medieval territorial expansion, controlling at various points Styria, Carinthia, and Carniola — a domain stretching from the Sudeten mountains to the Adriatic. His reign ended at the Battle of Marchfeld in 1278, where he was killed fighting Rudolf of Habsburg, an outcome that would define Central European dynastic politics for the next two centuries. Bracteates of this period were produced in multiple die varieties, and Cach 828 places this piece within the documented middle-weight classification of his issues, distinguishing it from the lighter and heavier bracteates struck concurrently from the same Bohemian mints.