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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 | Within a beaded inner border, a stylized frontal bust or architectural motif occupies the central field, possibly representing a crowned royal figure or a tower with a trident-like finial above. Flanking elements and pellets are distributed across the field. The design is struck in low relief in the characteristic rough hammered technique of early 13th-century Hungarian coinage, with no surrounding legend. |
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| Mintage | ND (1205-1235) - - ND (1205-1235) - bronze - |
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Andrew II's reign was defined less by monetary policy than by the chaos surrounding it — he financed the Fifth Crusade and a series of disastrous royal land giveaways that ultimately forced the Golden Bull of 1222, Hungary's foundational constitutional document, wrested from him by rebellious nobles. The crown's chronic fiscal exhaustion during these decades pushed debasement across multiple denomination types, making consistent silver content across this reign genuinely variable rather than a minting anomaly.