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Denier - Géza II
| Issuer | Hungary |
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| Year | 1141-1162 |
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| Weight | 0.18 g |
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| Obverse description | Central field features a tall vertical pearl column flanked symmetrically by a sinuous S-form and its mirror image, the paired devices rendered in relief against a plain field. The composition is enclosed within a beaded inner circle, itself surrounded by a rope or cable border at the periphery. The overall design is characteristic of the abstract, non-figural decorative style prevalent in Hungarian royal coinage of the mid-twelfth century. |
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| Mintage | ND (1141-1162) - H#80 - ND (1141-1162) - H#80 - Bronze strike version - ND (1141-1162) - H#81 - reverse S and its mirrored pair - Bronze strike version - ND (1141-1162) - H#81; EK#10/14A - reverse S and its mirrored pair - |
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Géza II spent much of his reign navigating the competing pressures of Byzantine expansionism under Manuel I Komnenos and dynastic infighting from his own uncles, both of whom backed Byzantine-sponsored claimants to the Hungarian throne. The coinage issued under his name reflects a period when royal authority was contested enough that mint control itself carried political weight.
The multiple Huszár references — H#80 and H#81 catalogued as distinct types — point to die variation across the reign's two decades, a span long enough to produce meaningful typological drift in even the most controlled medieval minting operations.