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Denier - Stephen V
| Issuer | Hungary |
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| Year | 1270-1272 |
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| Currency | Denier (997-1310) |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | A crowned royal bust facing forward is depicted in the center of the field, rendered in the primitive but expressive hammered style of 13th-century Hungarian coinage. Flanking the king's figure on either side are stylized towers or turrets serving in place of arms, a heraldic device associated with the royal dignity of the Árpád dynasty. The bust wears a clearly defined crown atop the head. The overall composition is contained within the irregular flan typical of medieval hammered issues, with no surrounding legend on this side. |
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Stephen V ruled for just two years before dying at age 33, likely from illness contracted while fleeing his own son, Ladislaus, who had allied with disaffected Hungarian nobles against him. The reign was too brief and too fractured to produce a stable coinage in any volume, and surviving deniers attributable firmly to his issue remain genuinely scarce rather than artificially so.