Denier Bracteate - Wenceslaus I

Wenceslaus I ruled Bohemia during a period of intense German colonization, actively recruiting settlers from the Holy Roman Empire to populate newly founded towns — a policy that brought both economic expansion and significant German cultural influence into Bohemian minting practice. The bracteate form itself reflects that influence, having migrated east and south from its origins in Saxon and Thuringian workshops.

Cach 717 is among the thinner, more fragile examples of Bohemian bracteate production, struck on a broad flan from a single die — the mechanical consequence of the format that makes intact survivors without cracks or splits genuinely difficult to find.