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Huszár 547 var., Pohl 89-1 var., Unger 432a, var., Réthy II 89A var., Frynas H.25.32 var.
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Lajos/Louis I (Lajos I (1342-1382)
AR denar, .62 g., 14.07 mm. max., 180° over 0°.
Obv: + mOn[ETA LODO]VICI, Saracen head left.
Rev: [+ R]EGIS ⁎ hV[nGARIE], Patriarchal cross with random pellets, struck over + mO[nETA LODOVICI], Saracen head left.
The type was struck 1373-1382 per Huszár, Pohl and Unger (although Huszár later wrote that the coinage incepted in 1372); in 1358-1371 per Frynas; and in 1358-1366 per Gyöngyössy. Those without a privy mark were struck in Pécs by Johannes Saracenus (per Pohl), or at an unknown mint (per Gyöngyössy).
The Saracen's head is a pun on the surname of Jacobus Szerechen/Saracenus and his brother, Johannes, courtiers of Italian descent who were ennobled by Louis. The image of a Saracen's head appeared on their coat of arms. Jacobus became the kammergraf at the Pécs mint in 1352, and the Comes Camerarum Regalium in 1369. He died in the early 1370s, at which time Johannes succeeded him as kammergraf.
Huszár/Pohl rarity3, Unger value 8 DM, Frynas rarity C. Ratings pertain to the usual variety, in which there is no star stop between words on the reverse. This coin is a flip-over overstrike, on which the reverse is struck over an obverse.
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![Huszár 547 var., Pohl 89-1 var., Unger 432a, var., Réthy II 89A var., Frynas H.25.32 var.
Lajos/Louis I (Lajos I (1342-1382)
AR denar, .62 g., 14.07 mm. max., 180° over 0°.
Obv: + mOn[ETA LODO]VICI, Saracen head left.
Rev: [+ R]EGIS ⁎ hV[nGARIE], Patriarchal cross with random pellets, struck over + mO[nETA LODOVICI], Saracen head left.
The type was struck 1373-1382 per Huszár, Pohl and Unger (although Huszár later wrote that the coinage incepted in 1372); in 1358-1371 per Frynas; and in 1358-1366 per Gyöngyössy. Those without a privy mark were struck in Pécs by Johannes Saracenus (per Pohl), or at an unknown mint (per Gyöngyössy).
The Saracen's head is a pun on the surname of Jacobus Szerechen/Saracenus and his brother, Johannes, courtiers of Italian descent who were ennobled by Louis. The image of a Saracen's head appeared on their coat of arms. Jacobus became the kammergraf at the Pécs mint in 1352, and the Comes Camerarum Regalium in 1369. He died in the early 1370s, at which time Johannes succeeded him as kammergraf.
Huszár/Pohl rarity3, Unger value 8 DM, Frynas rarity C. Ratings pertain to the usual variety, in which there is no star stop between words on the reverse. This coin is a flip-over overstrike, on which the reverse is struck over an obverse.](albums/userpics/22787/HUN_Lajos_I_Huszar_547_Pohl_89-1_star_overstrike.jpg "Huszár 547 var., Pohl 89-1 var., Unger 432a, var., Réthy II 89A var., Frynas H.25.32 var.
Lajos/Louis I (Lajos I (1342-1382)
AR denar, .62 g., 14.07 mm. max., 180° over 0°.
Obv: + mOn[ETA LODO]VICI, Saracen head left.
Rev: [+ R]EGIS ⁎ hV[nGARIE], Patriarchal cross with random pellets, struck over + mO[nETA LODOVICI], Saracen head left.
The type was struck 1373-1382 per Huszár, Pohl and Unger (although Huszár later wrote that the coinage incepted in 1372); in 1358-1371 per Frynas; and in 1358-1366 per Gyöngyössy. Those without a privy mark were struck in Pécs by Johannes Saracenus (per Pohl), or at an unknown mint (per Gyöngyössy).
The Saracen's head is a pun on the surname of Jacobus Szerechen/Saracenus and his brother, Johannes, courtiers of Italian descent who were ennobled by Louis. The image of a Saracen's head appeared on their coat of arms. Jacobus became the kammergraf at the Pécs mint in 1352, and the Comes Camerarum Regalium in 1369. He died in the early 1370s, at which time Johannes succeeded him as kammergraf.
Huszár/Pohl rarity3, Unger value 8 DM, Frynas rarity C. Ratings pertain to the usual variety, in which there is no star stop between words on the reverse. This coin is a flip-over overstrike, on which the reverse is struck over an obverse.")
