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Denier Bracteate - Ottokar II medium
| Issuer | Margraviate of Moravia |
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| Year | 1270-1278 |
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| Reference(s) | Cach#984 |
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| Reverse description | As a bracteate, the reverse presents the incuse mirror image of the obverse design, showing the recessed impression of the armoured figure of Ottokar II in negative relief. The surface is plain with no additional ornamentation, lettering, or devices, consistent with the single-die hammered bracteate production technique used in 13th-century Moravian mints. |
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| Mintage | ND (1270-1278) |
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Ottokar II of Bohemia held Moravia as a margraviate under his direct control from 1247, and by the early 1270s was the most powerful ruler in Central Europe, commanding territory stretching from Silesia to the Adriatic. These bracteates were struck during the height of that dominance, just years before his fatal confrontation with Rudolf of Habsburg at the Battle on the Marchfeld in 1278, where Ottokar was killed and the Přemyslid political order collapsed.
Cach 984 falls within the medium-flan classification of his Moravian bracteate series, a distinction that reflects deliberate weight and diameter variation across the issues rather than simple production inconsistency.