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Denier Bracteate - Ottokar II small
| Issuer | Margraviate of Moravia |
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| Year | 1253-1270 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Central design featuring a stylized crown or crescent motif flanked by a six-petalled rosette to the left and a crescent to the right, with a small cross pattée positioned below in the lower field. The composition is rendered in shallow relief typical of bracteate coinage, struck on a thin flan with an irregularly shaped raised border. The overall design is characteristic of Moravian bracteate coinage under Ottokar II, displaying the heraldic symbols associated with the Margraviate. No legend is present. |
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| Reverse description | Blank, as is standard for bracteate coinage, which is struck on a single die producing only an incuse mirror impression on the reverse side of the thin silver flan. |
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Ottokar II ruled Moravia before inheriting Bohemia, and his bracteate issues from this period reflect a mint system under considerable administrative reorganization. Cach 966 falls within a group of thin, single-sided pfennig-type strikes produced for local circulation in the Moravian territories — coins designed more for regional tax payment and market exchange than for long-distance trade. The fragility inherent to bracteate production means surviving examples with intact, uncracked flans are genuinely uncommon.