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Denier Bracteate - Ottokar II small
| Issuer | Unified Moravia and Margraviate |
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| Year | 1253-1270 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | Single-sided bracteate struck in thin silver sheet, presenting a frontal seated or enthroned figure in low relief at center, consistent with a stylized royal or margravial effigy. The figure displays a rounded head with schematic facial features and outstretched arms, characteristic of 13th-century Moravian bracteate die work. Flanking elements on either side of the figure suggest regalia or heraldic supporters, rendered in the abstract, compressed style typical of small-module bracteates of the period. The coin's irregular flan exhibits the natural undulating rim common to hammered bracteate coinage. No legible inscription is present, the design occupying the full available field. |
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| Mintage | ND (1253-1270) |
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Ottokar II acquired Moravia before his contested ascension to the Bohemian throne, and these thin, single-sided bracteates were struck during a period when he was aggressively consolidating territory stretching eventually from the Adriatic to Silesia. Bracteate production in this region was already declining elsewhere in the Empire by the mid-thirteenth century, making Moravian issues of this type something of a regional holdout against the growing preference for thicker bilateral coinage.
Cach 919 sits among the smaller-module varieties, distinguished from related types by die characteristics documented in Frantisek Cach's foundational Czech medieval numismatic corpus.