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Denier Bracteate - Ottokar II small
| Issuer | Margraviate of Moravia |
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| Year | 1253-1270 |
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| Currency | Margraviate Bracteates (1253-1300) |
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| Obverse description | Central design within a beaded inner circle consisting of a stylized heraldic motif, likely a crowned or helmeted figure rendered schematically, divided horizontally by a bar with pellets or annulets arranged symmetrically in the upper and lower fields. The design is executed in low relief typical of thin bracteate coinage, with a plain outer border. The overall composition is characteristic of Moravian bracteate issues of the mid-13th century under Ottokar II. |
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| Reverse description | Blank, as is characteristic of bracteate coinage, which is struck on a thin flan producing only a single-sided impression with the design appearing in incuse on the reverse. |
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Ottokar II ruled Moravia as margrave before ascending to the Bohemian throne in 1253, and bracteates from this period reflect the thin-flan, single-die striking technique that dominated central European minor coinage through much of the thirteenth century. Cach 959 sits among a cluster of attributions that numismatists have debated for decades — the "small" designation distinguishes it from larger dies in the same reign, a distinction that matters considerably for attribution given how frequently these fragile pieces suffer edge losses that obscure diagnostic details.