Denier - Béla II

Descrizione del dritto	Large central cross with four pellets positioned close to the crossing point, four wedge-shaped devices filling the angles between the cross arms, each angle further adorned with two flanking crescents; the entire design is enclosed within a beaded outer border.
Scrittura del dritto	Accedi per vedere i dettagli
Legenda del dritto	Accedi per vedere i dettagli
Descrizione del rovescio	Accedi per vedere i dettagli
Scrittura del rovescio	Accedi per vedere i dettagli
Legenda del rovescio	Accedi per vedere i dettagli
Bordo	Accedi per vedere i dettagli
Zecca	Accedi per vedere i dettagli
Tiratura	ND (1131-1141) - - ND (1131-1141) - Bronze strike version - ND (1131-1141) - obv.: V shaped arrows instead of crescents -
Informazioni aggiuntive	Béla II's reign was defined almost entirely by the political violence that preceded it — he was blinded as a child on the orders of King Stephen II, a common fate for dynastic rivals in twelfth-century Hungary. That he survived to rule at all was the result of clerical protection, and his court remained dominated by the powerful queen Ilona of Rascia and the nobility that installed her. These small hammered pieces circulated in a kingdom still building its minting infrastructure, with output organized around royal estates rather than fixed urban mints.