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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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| Reverse description | Triple-arched arcade composed of striated double-line arches supported by pillars at either side; a rosette motif is depicted above the central arch, enclosed between two concentric circles. The architectural rendering is executed in the simplified, linear style typical of Árpád-dynasty deniers of the early thirteenth century. |
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| Mintage | ND (1205-1235) - - ND (1205-1235) - Bronze strike version - |
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Andrew II's reign was defined less by monetary policy than by chronic fiscal crisis. To fund the Fifth Crusade and an extraordinarily expensive series of land grants — the so-called "new institutions" he later tried to claw back via the Golden Bull of 1222 — Andrew alienated royal revenues at a rate that left the Hungarian treasury perpetually hollowed out. Debasement and irregular mint output followed as a direct consequence.
The ÉH#140 attribution places this among the earlier documented types of his long reign, before the reforms forced on him by the nobility in 1222.