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Denier Bracteate - Béla IV
| Issuer | Hungary |
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| Year | 1173-1270 |
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| Reference(s) | ÉH#117, H#191, EK I#18/19, CAC III#22.1 |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | B R (Translation: King Béla) |
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Béla IV's reign is inseparable from the Mongol invasion of 1241–42, which devastated the Hungarian kingdom so thoroughly that roughly half the population perished or fled. The reconstruction effort that followed reshaped royal finances entirely, and the thin bracteate fabric of this coinage reflects a period when silver was being stretched as far as physically possible across competing demands — fortress-building, resettlement incentives, and military reorganization among them.
Bracteates of this type were struck by pressing a single die through a wafer-thin flan, making them inherently fragile. Undamaged survivors are genuinely scarce.