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Denier - Ottokar I
| Issuer | Kingdom of Bohemia |
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| Year | 1198-1210 |
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| Value | 1 Denier |
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| Obverse description | Central field depicts a seated enthroned figure, likely a royal or ecclesiastical personage, shown facing frontally in a stylized Romanesque manner. The figure appears to hold a sceptre or staff, with flanking ornamental devices — possibly rosettes or pellets — arranged symmetrically in the field. The design is executed in the flat, linear style characteristic of Bohemian bracteate-influenced deniers of the late 12th to early 13th century. No legible legend is present, the broad flan occupying most of the available field. The irregular flan edge is typical of hammered coinage of this period. |
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| Reverse description | Central field features an equestrian figure, rendered in profile facing left, depicting a mounted ruler or knight holding an upright sword or lance. The horse is shown in a walking or striding posture, rendered in the flat Romanesque style consistent with Bohemian deniers of the Přemyslid period. A beaded or dotted border arc is visible to the right of the composition, framing the design. The field is otherwise plain, with no legible legend. The broad, irregularly shaped flan and shallow relief are characteristic of hammered silver coinage of this era. |
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Ottokar I secured hereditary kingship for Bohemia through the Golden Sicily of 1212, but these deniers predate that confirmation — struck during the years he was consolidating power and negotiating his status with both Philip of Swabia and Otto IV during the Welf-Hohenstaufen civil war. Cach 665 is among the thinner, bracteate-influenced issues of the Bohemian denier tradition, a format already in decline across the Empire by this period.