Catalog
Denier - Stephen II
| Issuer | Hungary |
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| Year | 1116-1131 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse lettering | LAD LAVS RE (Translation: King László) |
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Stephen II inherited the Hungarian throne as a minor following the violent overthrow of his father Koloman, whose reign had been consumed by dynastic brutality — Koloman had his own brother Álmos blinded along with Álmos's young son Béla, the future king. Stephen's years on the throne were marked by near-constant warfare with Byzantium, Bohemia, and internal pretenders, making sustained administrative control of the mints intermittent at best. The thin, irregular fabric of these deniers reflects that institutional instability directly.