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Denier - Stephen III
| Issuer | Hungary |
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| Year | 1162-1172 |
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| Value | Denier (Denár) (1) |
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| Reverse description | A bold, equal-armed cross with flared terminals occupies the central field, enclosed within a plain inner circle. Four pellets are placed in the four quadrants formed by the arms of the cross, one in each quarter. The surrounding field between the inner circle and the beaded outer border is plain and unlettered. The design is characteristic of the anonymous, inscription-free deniers issued under the Árpád rulers during the mid-12th century. The flan shows typical hammered irregularity consistent with the period. |
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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 rival claimants — his uncles Stephen IV and Ladislaus II, both backed at various points by Byzantine Emperor Manuel I Komnenos, who had his own ambitions over Hungarian succession. The political instability meant royal authority was intermittently contested throughout the decade, and coinage from this reign reflects a fractured administrative period rather than a stable issuing program.
The catalog references here — particularly the CAC and EK designations — place this piece within a tightly sequenced typology that Hungarian specialists use to navigate what is otherwise a murky attribution landscape for 12th-century deniers.