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Denier - Wenceslaus
| Issuer | Hungary |
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| Year | 1301-1305 |
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| Weight | 0.49 g |
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| Obverse description | Frontal enthroned figure of the king in regal robes, holding a scepter in the right hand and an orb in the left, set within a plain inner field. Floral or rosette motifs flank the throne on either side. The design is rendered in the crude, low-relief style characteristic of hammered Hungarian deniers of the early 14th century. The coin is struck within a beaded border. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Wenceslaus II of Bohemia pressed his dynastic claim to Hungary through his teenage son, also Wenceslaus, who ruled as King László V from 1301 to 1305 before being pressured into renouncing the crown by his father. This denier belongs to that contested interregnum — a period in which Angevin claimants, Bohemian forces, and Hungarian magnates were actively contesting the throne left vacant by the extinction of the Árpád dynasty. The coin circulated under a king who never fully controlled the kingdom he nominally ruled.