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Denier Bracteate - Ottokar II small
| Issuer | Margraviate of Moravia |
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| Year | 1253-1270 |
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| Value | 1 Denier |
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| Obverse description | Uniface bracteate struck on a thin silver flan with a raised inner border. The central device depicts a seated frontal figure, interpreted as the margrave Ottokar II, shown with stylized hair and facial features rendered in the Romanesque manner. The figure is flanked on either side by naturalistic birds or eagles, their heads turned outward, wings folded against the body. The composition is enclosed within a shallow concave field typical of Moravian bracteate coinage of the mid-thirteenth century, with no legend present. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Ottokar II ruled Moravia as margrave before his accession to the Bohemian throne, and this bracteate series falls squarely within the period of his aggressive territorial expansion — by 1269 he controlled a realm stretching from Bohemia to the Adriatic. Bracteate production in Moravia during this period was administratively distinct from Bohemian coinage, with regional mints operating under margravial rather than royal authority.
Cach 929 is among the smaller diameter types in the Ottokar II Moravian sequence, a distinction that matters for attribution since multiple bracteate varieties from this reign are easily confused without reference to the Cach numbering.