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Denier - Géza II
| Issuer | Kingdom of Hungary |
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| Year | 1141-1162 |
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| Value | Denier (Denár) (1) |
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| Obverse description | Central cross with arms extending toward four pellet-adorned wedge or crescent motifs arranged in the quarters, creating a symmetrical foliate or cross-pattée composition. Each quadrant features a curved ornamental element flanked by small pellets, imparting a decorative, stylized appearance characteristic of medieval Hungarian hammered coinage. The field is plain and unlettered, with no surrounding legend. The design is bold and geometric, executed in low relief typical of 12th-century Árpád-dynasty deniers. |
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| Reverse description | A quatrefoil or four-lobed rosette design enclosed within a plain inner circle, itself set within the outer coin border. The four lobes are defined by curved lines meeting at a central pellet, forming a symmetrical floral or clover-like motif. The field is plain with no inscription or legend, consistent with the anonymous, aniconographic style typical of Géza II's minor coinage. The design is rendered in low relief with clean, simple lines. |
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Géza II's reign coincided with Hungary's deep entanglement in the dynastic struggles of the Rus' principalities — he intervened militarily multiple times in support of rival Kievan claimants, campaigns that drained treasury resources and almost certainly kept coin production lean. At 0.19 g, these deniers represent a degraded silver standard already well below the coinage of Stephen I's era, a decline that tracked closely with the fiscal pressures of continuous campaigning on Hungary's eastern frontier.