| Popis líce |
Central large cross with arms terminating in small crosslets, flanked by four pellets closely arranged around the crossing point. Diagonal linear ornamentation fills the four quadrants of the field beyond the cross arms. The legend GEISA REX, denoting King Géza, is inscribed within a border circle, with a known variant featuring an uncrossed letter A in GEISA. |
| Písmo líce |
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| Popis rubu |
A plain cross centered within a beaded inner circle, with four pellets disposed in the angles of the cross. The annular field between the inner beaded circle and the outer linear border is decorated with alternating linear motifs and crescents, creating a stylized ornamental band characteristic of early Hungarian medieval coinage. |
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Géza II's reign coincided with sustained pressure from Byzantine Emperor Manuel I Komnenos, who backed rival claimants to the Hungarian throne throughout the 1150s and briefly occupied parts of the kingdom. Royal revenues were strained by repeated military campaigns on multiple fronts simultaneously, which almost certainly influenced the progressive debasement visible across the denier series of this period. The ÉH#54 classification places this piece within a tightly defined group distinguished by minor die variations that specialists use to sequence the issues chronologically within the reign.