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Denier - Andrew II
| Issuer | Hungary |
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| Year | 1205-1235 |
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| Value | Denier (Denár) (1) |
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| Obverse description | Facing crowned effigy of the king in low relief, rendered in a highly stylized medieval manner. A crescent appears above the crown, with four six-pointed stars distributed around the royal bust in the field. The design is characteristic of the crude hammered coinage of the Árpád dynasty period, with the figure occupying the majority of the flan. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Andrew II's reign was defined less by monetary policy than by the Golden Bull of 1222 — Hungary's foundational constitutional document, extracted from Andrew by rebellious nobles after years of reckless land grants had effectively bankrupted the royal treasury. The crown's financial desperation during this period drove significant debasement across silver issues, making consistent weight and fineness difficult to attribute confidently to any narrow window within the thirty-year reign.
The multiple catalog concordances here reflect how heavily studied this type has become among Hungarian medievalists — ÉH, Huszár, and the Corpus Nummorum Hungariae all treat it slightly differently in terms of die groupings.