Denier Bracteate - Wencezlaus II medium

Wenceslaus II came to control Moravia following the death of his father Přemysl Otakar II at the Battle on the Marchfeld in 1278 — a catastrophic defeat against Rudolf of Habsburg that effectively ended Bohemian dominance in Central Europe. The bracteate format, struck from a single die on a thin flan, was the dominant small silver denomination across the region during this period, though Moravian issues are considerably scarcer in surviving numbers than their Bohemian counterparts.

Cach 998 sits in the middle of the three documented size classifications for this type.