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Denier - Ottokar II
| Issuer | Margraviate of Moravia |
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| Year | 1247-1253 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | Two standing figures depicted face to face in a highly stylized and schematic Romanesque manner, set within a plain inner circle. The design, visible as an incuse mirror image from the striking process characteristic of thin hammered bracteate-style deniers, shows simplified drapery and body forms rendered with minimal detail. The field is unlettered. An outer beaded border surrounds the entire composition. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Ottokar II held Moravia as margrave only briefly before seizing the Duchy of Austria in 1251 and eventually building one of the most territorially aggressive reigns in Bohemian history. The deniers struck during this Moravian margraviate period predate his royal ambitions and belong to a distinct phase of his career, before the Austrian inheritance fundamentally restructured his monetary administration. Cach 902 is among the scarcer attributions in this short sequence.