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Denier - Géza II

Issuer Hungary
Year 1141-1162
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Composition Silver
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Obverse script None (pseudo-Kufic ornamental motifs)
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Edge Plain
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Géza II came to power as a child under the regency of his mother and uncle, and his reign was defined by near-constant dynastic interference — Byzantine pressure, rival claimants backed by Manuel I Komnenos, and repeated baronial fractures. These small silver pieces circulated through a kingdom that spent much of the 1150s as a battleground for competing succession claims, Géza repelling at least two Byzantine-supported pretenders to his throne.

The ÉH#65 attribution places this among the better-documented types of the period, though the CAC and EK cross-references reflect how heavily Hungarian denier typology still relies on competing classification systems that only partially overlap.