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Denier - Béla IV
| Issuer | Hungary |
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| Year | 1235-1270 |
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| Weight | 0.60 g |
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| Reverse description | A rimmed cross divides the reverse field into four quadrants, each containing one letter of the royal name: B, E, L, A. At the center of the cross, the letter M is enclosed within a small inner circle. The cross arms extend to a beaded or raised border, and the overall composition is a standard heraldic cross-and-legend type associated with the Árpád dynasty deniers of Béla IV. |
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| Reverse lettering | B E L A M (Translation: Béla) |
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Béla IV's reign was defined almost entirely by the Mongol invasion of 1241–42, which destroyed an estimated half of Hungary's population and reduced much of the kingdom's infrastructure — including its minting apparatus — to rubble. Coinage from the years immediately following the invasion is poorly documented and attribution remains contested among Hungarian numismatists. The ÉH and H reference numbers for this type have historically been assigned to overlapping issues, and the EK and CAC citations reflect ongoing efforts to rationalize a series complicated by interrupted production and post-invasion monetary reconstruction.