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Denier - Stephen III
| Issuer | Hungary |
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| Year | 1162-1172 |
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| Reference(s) | H#143, CAC II#20.3.1.4, EK I#14/11 |
| Obverse description | A horizontal pearl line divides the field; above, a central cross flanked on each side by a line terminating in a dot at the bottom and a crescent at the top, with short diagonal lines extending further outward toward the edge. Below the dividing line, a central dot is flanked by short lines each bearing a dot below and a wedge above, with small crosses at the periphery. The overall design is geometric and abstract, characteristic of 12th-century Hungarian hammered coinage. |
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| Reverse description | Within a plain inner circle, a bold pattée-style cross with slightly flared arms is depicted, with one large pellet (dot) placed in each of the four quadrants formed by the arms of the cross. The composition is simple and well-centred, consistent with the standard reverse type of Árpád-dynasty Hungarian deniers of the mid-12th century. |
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Stephen III came to power as a teenager in 1162 and spent much of his reign fighting off rival claimants backed by Byzantine Emperor Manuel I Komnenos, who repeatedly installed Stephen's uncles — Ladislaus II and then Stephen IV — as puppet kings in his stead. The denier series issued under Stephen III therefore spans a reign that was interrupted and contested, and attributing specific types to precise sub-periods within 1162–1172 remains an unresolved problem in Hungarian medieval numismatics.
At 0.25 g, these pieces were struck on the thinnest end of contemporary Hungarian silver coinage.