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Denier - Géza, as Crown Prince
| Issuer | Kingdom of Hungary |
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| Year | 1064-1074 |
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| Value | Denier (Denár) (1) |
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| Obverse description | Central field features a plain cross with a small annulet at its center, enclosed within a beaded inner circle. The quadrants formed by the cross arms are plain. A circular legend surrounds the inner beaded circle, reading +DVX MVONAS (Duke Magnus), itself bordered by an outer beaded pearl circle. The lettering is irregular and characteristic of early Hungarian hammered coinage, with wedge-shaped and somewhat crudely formed letters. A small cross marks the beginning of the legend. |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Géza held the title of Duke of Hungary — not king — during this period, ruling the eastern third of the kingdom as appanage while his brother Salomon held the crown. The arrangement was formalized after the Peace of Győr in 1064, ending a dynastic civil war between the sons of Béla I and the sons of András I. Coins struck in Géza's name as crown prince are consequently rare: a subordinate duke issuing his own coinage was already an assertion of near-royal status, and the political friction that generated these pieces ended when Géza seized the throne outright in 1074.