Denier - Andrew II

Andrew II's reign was defined less by monetary policy than by the 1222 Golden Bull — Hungary's answer to Magna Carta, extracted from him by rebellious nobles furious at his habit of alienating royal lands and revenues to favorites. The fiscal disorder of his court directly degraded the coinage: denier quality deteriorated markedly across his thirty-year reign as silver content was progressively debased to fund his disastrous Fifth Crusade of 1217, from which he returned having accomplished almost nothing.