Denier - Béla II

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Obverse lettering	BELA REX (Translation: King Béla)
Reverse description	Central motif consists of a cross pattée enclosed within a plain inner circle, itself surrounded by a band of wedge-shaped or arrow-head ornaments forming a decorative inner ring, all contained within a plain outer circle. Short linear marks or dashes appear in the four quadrants between the cross arms. A further beaded or cable outer border frames the entire design. The composition is typical of Árpád-period Hungarian deniers, emphasizing geometric and symbolic elements over figurative imagery.
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Additional information	Béla II came to the throne blind — he had been blinded as a child on orders of King Stephen II, who feared him as a rival. His queen, Helena of Raška, effectively exercised much of the royal authority during his reign, and it was she who presided over the 1131 diet at Arad where scores of noblemen implicated in her husband's mutilation were massacred in the assembly hall. These deniers circulated through that turbulent decade. The multiple H catalog references reflect genuine die variation across the type, with ÉH#43 grouping pieces that Huszár later disaggregated.