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Denier Bracteate - Wenceslaus II
| Issuer | Margraviate of Moravia |
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| Year | 1278-1300 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Reverse description | Uniface bracteate; the reverse is blank, exhibiting the characteristic incuse mirror impression of the obverse design as a consequence of the single-die bracteate striking method. The surface is convex and shows natural flow lines and die stress marks consistent with hand-hammered production on a thin silver flan. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Wenceslaus II ruled Moravia as margrave under the broader Přemyslid domain, and the bracteate coinage of this period reflects the fragmented minting authority typical of late 13th-century Bohemian lands, where local ecclesiastical and noble mints operated with considerable autonomy. Cach 1003 falls within a series struck across multiple workshops, making die attribution genuinely difficult and attribution to a single facility nearly impossible without provenance.
The bracteate format itself — a single-sided struck disc — was already declining in central Europe by 1300, rapidly being displaced by thicker double-sided pfennig coinage as monetary practices shifted westward from the Rhine into Moravia.