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Denier - Stephen III
| Issuer | Hungary |
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| Year | 1162-1172 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Reverse description | A central vertical line flanked by three pellets, with two pairs of outward-facing double crescents symmetrically disposed on either side, contained within a plain linear inner circle, characteristic of the anonymous Hungarian denier coinage of the mid-12th century. |
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| Mintage | ND (1162-1172) |
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Stephen III came to power as a teenager in 1162 and spent much of his reign fighting off two rival claimants — his uncles László II and István IV — both of whom were backed by the Byzantine emperor Manuel I Komnenos as part of a sustained effort to extend Byzantine influence over the Hungarian kingdom. The throne changed hands multiple times in the early 1160s before Stephen III secured his position.
The Huszár 167 attribution places this among the thinner, lighter denier production associated with mid-12th century Hungarian minting, when weights were already declining from earlier Árpád-era standards.