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Hungary. Károly Róbert/Charles Robert (1307-1342). Huszár 479, Pohl 36-2, Unger 378a, Réthy II 8, Frynas H.24.31, Lengyel 24/58/1, Toth 1.56.1.1
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Hungary. Károly Róbert/Charles Robert (1307-1342)
AR denar (average 0.804 g. per Pohl); .82 g., 14.70 mm. max., 180°
Obv: Rev: King enthroned with scepter and imperial orb, lily on left and patriarchal cross on right.
Rev: + KA[ROL]VS : REX : V[n]GhARIE, two-part shield with Angevin fleur-de-lis and Árpádian stripes.
Issued in 1333 per Huszár, Unger, Frynas and Gyöngyössy, or in 1333-1338 per Lengyel or possibly in 1334 per Pohl and Gyöngyössy in Esztergom, possibly by Nicholas Szatmári per Pohl.
Frynas identifies the side with the king as the reverse whereas all other sources refer to that side as the obverse.
Referred to in the contemporary sources as a "banalis strigoniensis" (Strigoniensis = Esztergom in Latin)
Huszár/Pohl rarity 6, Unger value 60+ DM, Frynas rarity R.
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