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Denier - Ottokar II
| Issuer | Margraviate of Moravia |
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| Year | 1247-1253 |
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| Value | 1 Denier |
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| Obverse description | Facing crowned bust of Ottokar II, rendered in crude medieval style, wearing a flat crown with three pellets or turrets. The face is depicted frontally with stylized hair or curls flanking the cheeks. The bust is set within a beaded or rope-twist inner border, typical of Moravian bracteate-style deniers of the mid-13th century. No legend present in the field. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Ottokar II struck these deniers during his tenure as Margrave of Moravia before seizing the Bohemian throne in 1253, a period in which he was already maneuvering aggressively against his own father, Wenceslaus I. The Moravian margraviate had been granted to him partly to neutralize a rebellion he had led in 1248 — coinage from this window reflects an administration that was transitional by design, not stability.
Cach 901 is among the scarcer attributions in the Přemyslid denier sequence for this margraviate period.