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Denier - Géza II
| Issuer | Kingdom of Hungary |
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| Year | 1141-1162 |
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| Composition | Silver |
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| Edge | Plain |
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| Mintage | ND (1141-1162) - H#150 (picture) - ND (1141-1162) - H#150a - rev.: 4 wedges and a dot form a cross - ND (1141-1162) - H#151 (EK#12/23A) - rev.: two small paralell lines and wedges facing each other in inner circle - |
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Géza II ruled during one of medieval Hungary's most turbulent periods of external pressure, navigating simultaneous military commitments against Byzantine forces in the Balkans while hosting a substantial influx of Saxon settlers in Transylvania — the latter a deliberate demographic policy with consequences that outlasted his dynasty by centuries. Hungarian royal deniers of this reign are notoriously difficult to attribute with confidence; the multiple Huszár references reflect genuine scholarly disagreement over die groupings rather than simple variety collecting. The 0.23g weight places this at the lighter end of Árpád-era silver, consistent with a gradual debasement trend visible across mid-twelfth century Hungarian issues.