Denier Bracteate - Wenceslaus I large

Wenceslaus I ruled Bohemia through a period of intensive German colonization and administrative restructuring, and his bracteat issues reflect the broader Central European shift toward thin, single-sided silver coinage that dominated German-speaking mints from the mid-twelfth century onward. Cach 721 is distinguished from the smaller bracteat types of this reign by its larger flan, placing it among the more ambitious issues of the Bohemian series.

Bracteates of this period are notoriously fragile in circulation, and surviving examples with intact edges are genuinely uncommon.