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Denier - IV. Béla

Issuer Slavonia, Province of
Year 1235-1270
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Shape Round (irregular)
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Reverse script Latin
Reverse lettering O O
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Béla IV's long reign was defined less by administrative ambition than by catastrophe: the Mongol invasion of 1241–42 devastated the Kingdom of Hungary and forced a complete reorganization of its defense, economy, and minting infrastructure. Slavonia's deniers from this period reflect that disruption — provincial coinage took on heightened importance as central Hungarian minting capacity collapsed and then slowly reconstituted itself across the following decades.

ÉH#1 carries the distinction of opening Réthy's entire Hungarian corpus, a placement that reflects both the type's chronological priority in the Slavonian series and its relative accessibility to collectors.

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