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Denier - Andrew II
| Issuer | Hungary |
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| Year | 1205-1235 |
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| Currency | Denier (997-1310) |
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| Reverse description | Two stylized towers rising from a rounded arched pediment rendered in a schematic architectural manner, with a six-pointed star positioned in the central field between the towers, all contained within a beaded inner circle. The architectural composition reflects the Romanesque building motifs common to Hungarian royal deniers of the Árpád dynasty. The flan shows the characteristic irregular square shape and rough edges typical of hammered medieval Hungarian coinage of this period. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Andrew II's reign was defined less by stable governance than by chronic fiscal desperation. His 1222 Golden Bull — Hungary's rough equivalent of Magna Carta — was in part extracted by a nobility furious at his habit of alienating royal lands and debasing the coinage to fund his disastrous Fifth Crusade campaign of 1217. The deniers of this period reflect that instability directly: multiple die varieties exist, and silver fineness dropped perceptibly across the reign as the treasury was repeatedly bled dry.