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Denier - Béla IV
| Issuer | Kingdom of Hungary |
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| Year | 1235-1270 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A large patriarchal or double-barred cross occupies the central field, with two small pellets positioned in the upper angles of the cross arms. Four schematic facing heads or busts are placed in the four quadrants formed by the cross, rendered in a crude but expressive Romanesque manner. The reverse field is otherwise plain, with no legend present. |
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Béla IV's long reign was defined almost entirely by the Mongol invasion of 1241–42, which devastated Hungary's population and obliterated much of its administrative infrastructure — including the minting apparatus. Coinage from the pre-invasion years and the rebuilding decades after looks remarkably similar, making precise dating within the reign nearly impossible without die study.
The kingdom's slow monetary recovery after the invasion meant output was irregular for years.