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Denier - Stephen III
| Issuer | Hungary |
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| Year | 1162-1172 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | A horizontal pearl line bisects the field. Above the line, a cross appears at center, flanked on each side by a short line with a dot below and a crescent above; diagonal lines extend further to either side. Below the line, a central dot is flanked by a short line with a dot beneath and a wedge above, with small crosses positioned toward the irregular edge. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Stephen III came to power as a teenager in 1162, immediately contested by his two uncles — László II and Stephen IV — who seized the throne in succession with Byzantine backing before Stephen III finally secured his reign. The political instability of those early years almost certainly disrupted minting continuity, making it difficult to assign precise dates within the issue's decade-long span.
Hungarian deniers of this period were struck at extremely low weights, a trend accelerating through the twelfth century as the royal treasury increasingly debased the coinage.