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Denier - Béla II
| Issuer | Hungary |
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| Year | 1131-1141 |
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| Weight | 0.22 g |
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| Reverse description | A plain cross occupies the center of the design, dividing the inner circle into four quarters, each containing a wedge or triangular ornament. Between the inner and outer beaded circles, additional decorative symbols or pellet-and-wedge signs are evenly distributed around the circumference, a characteristic feature of Hungarian deniers of this period. |
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| Mintage | ND (1131-1141) - - ND (1131-1141) - Billon strike version - |
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Béla II came to the throne partially blind — blinded as a child on the orders of King Stephen II, who feared dynastic rivals. His reign was shaped by the regency power of his wife, Helena of Raška, whose Serbian connections drew Hungary into closer Balkan entanglement. The coinage issued under his name reflects a period when the Hungarian monarchy was consolidating after years of brutal succession struggles among the Árpád dynasty.
The multiple catalog references — ÉH, CNH, CAC, and EK — point to ongoing scholarly disagreement over the precise classification of Árpád-era deniers, where die combinations and minor typological variants complicate attribution across different national traditions of Hungarian numismatics.