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Denier - Louis I
| Issuer | Kingdom of Hungary |
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| Year | 1346-1357 |
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| Currency | Florin (1310-1540) |
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| Obverse description | Crowned facing bust of King Louis I rendered in a crude, medieval Gothic style characteristic of mid-14th-century Hungarian hammered coinage. The king's face is depicted frontally with a prominent crown above, flanked by stylized decorative elements on either side of the bust. The portrait occupies the central field of the irregular, hand-struck flan. A circular legend surrounds the bust, reading '+ M REGIS hVnGARIE', denoting the money of the King of Hungary. The overall style reflects the primitive engraving conventions of the Angevin period in Hungary. |
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| Obverse lettering | + M REGIS hVnGARIE (Translation: Money of King of Hungary) |
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Louis I came to the Hungarian throne in 1342 and spent much of the following decade consolidating Angevin power while pursuing an aggressive campaign to claim the Kingdom of Naples — a venture that consumed enormous resources and drove significant monetary policy decisions in Budapest. The deniers issued under his early reign reflect a period of relative monetary stability before his later coinage reforms began fragmenting the weight standard.
ÉH#423 is distinguished from adjacent types in the series by subtle die characteristics that numismatists have used to anchor it within the 1346–1357 window rather than the broader Louis I issue span.