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Denier - Andrew II
| Issuer | Hungary |
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| Year | 1205-1235 |
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| Weight | 0.64 g |
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| Reverse description | Standing angel depicted frontally, holding a cross in the right hand; above the figure, a church facade bearing a cross within a circle; four small crosses arranged in the angles of the surrounding field, filling the available space in a symmetrical decorative scheme typical of Árpád-dynasty deniers. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Andrew II's reign was defined less by monetary policy than by the catastrophic generosity of his land grants to nobles — a giveaway so extreme it forced him to sign the Golden Bull of 1222, Hungary's answer to Magna Carta, which stripped the crown of revenues and complicated the very fiscal infrastructure that sustained royal minting. That his deniers continued to be struck across three decades owes more to institutional inertia than royal authority.