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Denier Bracteate - Ottokar II medium
| Issuer | Kingdom of Bohemia |
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| Year | 1260-1278 |
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| Currency | Bracteate (1210-1300) |
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| Obverse description | Uniface bracteate struck on a thin silver flan with an irregular rim. The central design, contained within a raised inner circle, depicts a stylized crowned lion's head facing forward, rendered in bold relief characteristic of Bohemian bracteate coinage of the mid-13th century. The mane is indicated by curving relief lines radiating outward from the face, and globular elements accent the crown and surrounding field. The broad, flat outer border frames the device without inscription. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Ottokar II ruled Bohemia at the height of its medieval power, controlling territory stretching from Silesia to the Adriatic at his peak — earning him the epithet "King of Gold and Iron." These thin, single-sided bracteates were struck during the period of his greatest ambitions, ending abruptly with his defeat and death at the Battle on the Marchfeld in 1278, where Rudolf of Habsburg's forces killed him and dismantled Bohemian dominance in central Europe. Cach 811 sits within a typological sequence that helps reconstruct the otherwise poorly documented Bohemian minting chronology of his reign.