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Denier Bracteate - Ottokar II small
| Issuer | Margraviate of Moravia |
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| Year | 1253-1270 |
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| Reference(s) | Cach#938 |
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| Reverse description | Plain concave surface, the natural consequence of the single-die bracteate striking technique, showing a mirror-image incuse impression of the obverse lion design. No additional design elements, inscriptions, or decorative features are present on the reverse. |
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| Mintage | ND (1253-1270) |
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Ottokar II held Moravia as margrave before ascending the Bohemian throne, and the bracteates issued under his authority there reflect a transitional moment in Central European coinage — thin, single-sided silver struck from a single die, a technique that dominated German-influenced minting through the thirteenth century. Cach 938 falls within the smaller module bracteates of his Moravian issues, distinguished from the larger type in the same series by die size rather than any change in issuing authority.
Bracteates of this period are notoriously fragile and rarely survive without cracking or edge splits along the flan.