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Hungary. Kálmán/Coloman the Bookish (1095-1116). Huszár 37; Toth-Kiss 11.7 sigla a1b1.4/74; Unger 28; Réthy I 45; Frynas H.9.5; Lengyel 9/6; Adamovszky A52; Kovács pp. 171 ff
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Hungary. Kálmán/Coloman the Bookish (1095-1116)
AR denar (average: .50 g., 12-13.5 mm.), .72 g., 12.92 mm. max.,180°
Obv:+ COLVMBANVS RE, Cross.
Rev: + LADILADIS E (decaying legend), cross with wedges.
Struck in Esztergom. Struck ca. 1105-1116 (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 3/15, and was struck toward the beginning of Coloman’s reign.
Huszár rarity 8, Toth-Kiss rarity 20, Unger rarity 35, 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.
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