Even when Moravia was a part of the Czech lands, its 13th-century coins, influenced by Austrian coinage, differed greatly from those minted and circulated in Bohemia. The Moravian mark, weighing 280 g, was introduced to unify the currency and coinage based in Austria. Under Ottokar II (1251–1276 Duke of Austria, 1253–1278 King of Bohemia) this mark was also to form the basis of the Viennese mark.
During the first half of the 13th century, only deniers of the pfennig type were minted in Moravia. The situation changed in 1253 when Premysl, the Margrave of Moravia, became the King of Bohemia and started to mint bracteates and half-bracteates of a small flan. The introduction of a new coin type was part of Ottokar II´s effort to unify currency conditions in the Czech and Austrian lands and to support various economic activities: international trade, the process of colonization, mining, and the establishment of new towns.
Moravian bracteates…
