Denier Bracteate - Wencezlaus II medium

Wenceslas II inherited a financially unstable kingdom in 1278 following the death of his father Přemysl Otakar II at the Battle on the Marchfeld, and his monetary reforms over the following decades were among the most consequential in Bohemian history. The bracteate coinage of this period reflects a transitional moment before Wenceslas overhauled the entire system with the introduction of the Prague groschen around 1300, backed by the newly exploited silver deposits at Kutná Hora.

Cach 872 falls within the middle emission sequence, distinguished from the lighter and heavier weight groups by subtle die characteristics documented by František Cach in his foundational catalog of Bohemian bracteates.