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Denier - Wenceslaus
| Issuer | Hungary |
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| Year | 1301-1305 |
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| Weight | 0.48 g |
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| Reverse description | Large stylized human face rendered frontally and occupying most of the coin's field, framed by a broad border of curling leaf or foliage ornaments forming a decorative wreath. The face is depicted with prominent bulging eyes, a broad nose, and thick lips in a mask-like, archaic style reminiscent of Romanesque decorative art. The foliate surround consists of undulating, lobe-shaped leaves arranged symmetrically around the central visage. No legend is present. The entire design is contained within a beaded or toothed border following the irregular flan edge. |
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| Mintage | ND (1301-1305) |
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Wenceslaus II of Bohemia pressed his son's claim to the Hungarian throne in 1301 following the extinction of the Árpád dynasty, but the reign was contested from the outset — Charles Robert of Anjou, backed by papal support, was crowned the same year. These deniers were struck during that four-year struggle before Wenceslaus III renounced the Hungarian throne entirely in 1305, withdrawing to Bohemia and surrendering the regalia. The issue is brief by any measure, and the political chaos of the period means die production was almost certainly decentralized.