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Denier - Béla II
| Issuer | Hungary |
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| Year | 1131-1141 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | A plain cross centered within a beaded inner circle, with a small pellet or dot in each of the four quarters formed by the cross arms. The annular space between the inner beaded circle and the outer border is filled with radial lines, creating a decorative ring typical of early medieval Hungarian deniers. |
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| Mintage | ND (1131-1141) - - ND (1131-1141) - bronze square klippe - ND (1131-1141) - copper strike version - ND (1131-1141) - obv.: larger, rougher design, wider planchet 11 mm - |
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Béla II came to the throne blind — both eyes gouged out on the orders of King Stephen II when Béla was a child, a dynastic mutilation intended to disqualify him from rule. That he reigned for a decade regardless is a minor political miracle. His coinage reflects the compressed, irregular fabric typical of Hungarian bracteate-influenced striking of the period, and the multiple catalog references here — ÉH, Huszár, Éremhatározó, and the CAC corpus — speak to ongoing scholarly disagreement over die groupings within this reign.