Denier Bracteate - Ottokar II small

Ottokar II ruled Moravia as margrave before inheriting Bohemia in 1253, and his coinage from this period reflects the transitional political moment — he was simultaneously consolidating Přemyslid authority over Moravia while pressing territorial claims into Austria and Styria. Bractéates of this type were struck from a single die on thin, broad flans, a technique that made them notoriously fragile and prone to tearing at the edges.

Cach 955 is among the smaller module varieties in Ottokar's Moravian bracteate sequence, distinguished from related types by subtle differences in die geometry that Cach documented in the 1970s.