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Denier Bracteate - Wencezlaus II
| Issuer | Kingdom of Bohemia |
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| Year | 1278-1300 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse description | Uniface bracteate struck on a thin, irregularly shaped silver flan with a characteristic concave profile and lobed, scalloped rim typical of Bohemian bracteate coinage of the late 13th century. The central design, rendered in low relief, depicts a seated or enthroned figure, likely a royal effigy, within a plain inner circle. The figure appears frontal, with stylized arms and body, consistent with the schematic artistic conventions of Premyslid-era bracteate production. No legend is present; the broad, flat field surrounding the inner circle is plain and unadorned. |
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| Reverse description | Uniface coin; the reverse is blank and concave, displaying the characteristic raised mirror impression inherent to bracteate manufacture, with no design, legend, or decorative element intentionally struck. |
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Wenceslas II came to the Bohemian throne as a child in 1278 following the death of his father Ottokar II at the Battle on the Marchfeld, with the kingdom administered by regents during his minority. The bracteate denier format — struck on a thin flan from a single die, producing a mirror image on the reverse — was the dominant small silver denomination across central Europe at this period, though Bohemia's examples benefited from proximity to the rich silver deposits of Kutná Hora, which Wenceslas would formally organize under royal control in the 1290s with the establishment of systematic mining privileges.
Cach 864 is among the later attributions in the regnal sequence, placing it closer to the period of Wenceslas's full personal rule.