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Denier - Béla IV
| Issuer | Hungary |
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| Year | 1235-1270 |
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| Currency | Denier (997-1310) |
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| Reverse description | A crowned, winged lion passant to the right, depicted in a stylised heraldic manner within a beaded (pearl) circle. The lion's crown, wings, and body are rendered with bold, simplified lines typical of 13th-century Hungarian deniers; no legend is present in the field. |
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| Mintage | ND (1235-1270) |
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Béla IV's reign was defined almost entirely by the Mongol invasion of 1241–42, which devastated Hungary so thoroughly that contemporaries estimated up to half the kingdom's population perished. The financial infrastructure collapsed alongside the settlements, and coinage from the early part of his reign is consequently scarce in any condition — not from selective hoarding but from the near-total disruption of normal economic life.
Reconstruction after the withdrawal of Mongol forces drove significant changes in Hungarian minting policy, including a shift toward fortified urban centers where the royal mints could operate with greater security. This piece falls somewhere in that long arc of recovery.