| Popis líce |
Central field features two elongated parallel pillars flanked by two shorter pillars, the whole enclosed within an arrangement of six arcs and four crosses. A single pellet and two small crosses occupy the central area between the pillars. The design is executed in the flat, schematic style characteristic of early Árpád-dynasty hammered coinage. |
| Písmo líce |
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| Popis rubu |
A plain cross divides the central field into four quarters, each containing a single pellet, all contained within an inner circle. The annular zone between the inner and outer circles is decorated with a repeating pattern of radial lines, pellets, and crescents, a common ornamental device on Hungarian deniers of the Árpád period. |
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| Hrana |
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| Mincovna |
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Béla II's reign began under extraordinary circumstances: blinded and castrated as a child on the orders of King Stephen II, he survived through the protection of the Croatian nobility and the church, eventually ascending to the throne in 1131 despite his disabilities. His administration relied heavily on his wife Helena of Raška, who wielded significant political influence — most notoriously at the Diet of Arad, where dozens of nobles suspected of complicity in Béla's mutilation were massacred in a single session. The denier series attributed to his reign shows considerable die variation, reflected in the multiple catalog references this type carries across Huszár and the CNH corpus.