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Denier - Coloman
| Issuer | Hungary |
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| Year | 1095-1116 |
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| Currency | Denier (997-1310) |
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| Obverse description | Central field occupied by four lobed or hunk-shaped ornamental segments arranged in two rows, separated by two horizontal lines with three pellets between them. The overall design is surrounded by a beaded or rope-like border. Any surrounding inscription, if present, is degenerate and illegible, consisting of confused pseudo-lettering characteristic of early Hungarian hammered coinage. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Coloman — known in Hungarian as Könyves Kálmán, "the Bookish" — came to power after his brother Álmos was passed over, a succession dispute that would poison the rest of his reign. His rule marked a rare moment of relative administrative sophistication in the early Árpád kingdom; he famously abolished witch trials on the pragmatic grounds that witches do not exist. The denier issues attributed to his reign are among the thinnest and lightest in the Árpád series, a product of deliberate weight reduction that accelerated under his successors.