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Denier Bracteate - Ottokar II medium
| Issuer | Kingdom of Bohemia |
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| Year | 1260-1278 |
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| Value | 1 Denier |
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| Reverse description | Uniface coin; the reverse is blank and concave, showing only the incuse mirror impression of the obverse design as an inherent consequence of the bracteate striking technique on a thin silver flan. |
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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 the Adriatic to the Baltic at his peak — a dominance that collapsed entirely at the Battle on the Marchfeld in 1278, where he was killed fighting Rudolf of Habsburg. This bracteate falls within that exact window of maximum Přemyslid authority, struck during a reign that fundamentally reshaped Central European politics.
Cach 825 is among the medium-module bracteates attributed to Ottokar's Bohemian mints, distinguished from the larger and smaller format issues in the same sequence by die characteristics documented in František Cach's foundational catalog of Bohemian medieval coinage.