Denier - Ladislaus I

Ladislaus I ruled Hungary during a period of acute dynastic instability — he seized the throne in contested circumstances following the deposition of Salomon, his cousin, and spent much of his reign managing the political fallout while simultaneously pushing Hungarian borders into Croatia and Dalmatia. His canonization in 1192, nearly a century after his death, reflects how thoroughly later medieval Hungary needed a royal saint to anchor its Christian identity. The coinage of his reign is thin and irregular in fabric, a consequence of Hungary's still-developing mint infrastructure in the late eleventh century.