Denier Bracteate - Ottokar II small

Ottokar II of Bohemia absorbed Moravia directly under royal administration after 1253, sidelining the traditional Přemyslid appanage arrangement that had kept Moravia semi-autonomous under junior family members. These thin bracteate deniers were struck under that reorganized authority — technically Moravian issues, but reflecting Ottokar's centralizing grip on mint policy across his expanding domains. By the late 1260s he controlled territory stretching from Silesia to the Adriatic, and Moravian silver production fed that ambition directly.

Cach 943 is among the smaller bracteate types attributed to this reign, distinguished from related issues by die diameter rather than weight alone.