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Denier mule
| Issuer | Buda, City of |
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| Year | 1354-1355 |
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| Currency | Forint (1310-1526) |
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| Obverse description | Quartered shield bearing the Árpád dynastic stripes (horizontal bars) in dexter and the Angevin fleurs-de-lis in sinister, depicted in a roughly linear, hand-engraved style typical of mid-14th century Hungarian hammered coinage. The coat of arms occupies the central field of the flan, with no surrounding legend visible. The overall design reflects the heraldic programme of the Angevin kings of Hungary, combining the ancient Árpád striping with the Anjou lilies claimed through dynastic succession. The flan is irregular and the strike is slightly off-centre, as is characteristic of hammered medieval deniers of this period. |
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| Reverse description | A large, stylised royal crown rendered in a bold, schematic manner occupies the central field of the reverse, consistent with the crowns depicted on contemporaneous Hungarian royal deniers. The crown features prominent arches and cross-like terminals, suggestive of a closed or open crown form typical of 14th-century Angevin Hungarian iconography. No surrounding legend is present. The flan edges are irregular and show the characteristic uneven cutting of hand-struck medieval silver coinage. The design corresponds to the reverse type associated with the mule combination of ÉH#8 and ÉH#11 dies. |
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This piece combines dies from two distinct issues catalogued separately as ÉH 8 and ÉH 11 — a mule, almost certainly the product of a brief transitional moment at the Buda mint when old and new dies were in simultaneous use rather than any deliberate policy. The city of Buda held royal minting privileges under Louis I of Hungary, and the mid-1350s saw active retooling of the coinage as Louis consolidated monetary administration across his expanding realm. Mules from this window are genuinely rare; most were caught and remelted before reaching circulation in quantity.