Denier - Coloman

Coloman — known in Hungarian historiography as Könyves Kálmán, "the Book-Lover" — was among the most intellectually and administratively ambitious rulers of medieval Hungary. He abolished the prosecution of witchcraft, famously declaring that witches do not exist, and codified Hungarian law in ways that drew heavily on ecclesiastical and Byzantine models. His coinage reflects a reign spent consolidating royal authority after the dynastic turbulence that followed the death of László I.

At 0.19 g, these deniers were struck to a standard already degraded from earlier Árpád-era issues — a trend that would accelerate sharply through the twelfth century.