Hungary. Kálmán/Coloman the Bookish (1095-1116). Huszár 35; Toth-Kiss 11.6 sigla a2.12/20; Unger 26; Réthy I 43; Frynas H.9.2; Lengyel 9/5; Adamovszky A50; Kovács pp. 170 ff

Hungary. Kálmán/Coloman the Bookish (1095-1116)

AR denar (average: .42 g., 11-13 mm.), .43 g., 12.15 mm. max., 0°

Obv: + CA–LA–MA–RE (per Huszár, Réthy, Frynas and Adamovsky) or LA-BV-HA-RE (per Toth-Kiss and Gyöngyössy), Cross with twice-crossed arms, wedges at the ends.

Rev: + LADLISLAVS RE, cross with wedges.

Struck in Esztergom. Struck ca. 1097-1105 (per Gyöngyössy, whose dating has not been accepted by later catalogers and appears to be speculative). Hóman hypothesized that the chronology of Coloman’s coinage can be determined via the progressively diminishing average weights of the emissions. By this hypothesis, this emission is ranked 10/15, and was struck toward the end of Coloman’s reign.

Huszár rarity R1, Toth-Kiss rarity 25, Unger rarity 40, Frynas rarity N.

Ladislaus/László I (1077-1095) was canonized in 1192. His name typically appeared, albeit in an increasingly decaying form, on the reverse of 12th century emissions such as this.