Denier - Stephen V

Stephen V ruled for just two years before dying at age thirty-three, leaving Hungary in the hands of his twelve-year-old son Ladislaus IV. His reign was consumed by the aftermath of Mongol-era reconstruction and a bitter power struggle with his own father, Béla IV, that had already fractured the kingdom before he ever took the throne. These deniers circulated in a Hungary still economically fragile, the silver content reduced from earlier Árpád-era issues as the crown worked to stretch limited bullion reserves.