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Denier - Andrew II
| Issuer | Hungary |
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| Year | 1205-1235 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Obverse description | Central field depicts a stylized seated figure, possibly a king or saint, shown in frontal aspect with arms extended, rendered in the flat, schematic style characteristic of early Hungarian hammered coinage. Flanking motifs appear to either side of the central figure, with further decorative or symbolic elements distributed around the field. The coin is uniface in presentation style with no legible inscription, the design contained within an irregular flan typical of medieval Hungarian deniers. The strike is weak in areas, consistent with hand-hammered production of the early 13th century. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Andrew II's reign was defined less by monetary policy than by the 1222 Golden Bull — Hungary's foundational constitutional charter, extracted by the nobility after years of Andrew's reckless land grants had destabilized the kingdom's fiscal base. The crown was effectively mortgaging itself, and the coinage of this period reflects a treasury under chronic strain.
Multiple reference systems catalogue this type, a sign that Hungarian medieval numismatics developed through fragmented regional scholarship rather than a single authoritative corpus.