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Huszár 532, Pohl 67, Unger 420, Réthy II 73, Frynas H.25.21Lajos/Louis I (1342-1382)

AR denar, .59 g., 14.56 mm. max., 0°.

Obv: REX LODOVICI +, Crowned bust facing, holding scepter and orb.

Rev: + m REGIS hVnGARIE, shield with coat of arms (Árpadian stripes and Angevin fleur de lis).

The type was struck 1346-1357 per Huszár, Unger and Frynas, and in 1347-1353 per Pohl.

Huszár/Pohl rarity 6, Unger value 40 DM, Frynas rarity N.
1 commentsStkp11/06/18 at 17:26quadrans: Nice piece.. Smile
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Huszár 542, Pohl 79-9b, Unger 429x var., Réthy II 94AHungary. Louis I (Lajos I, in Hun.) (1342-1382). AR denar (12-14 mm.)

Obv: + LODOVICI • R • VnGAR[IE], Two-part shield (Árpádian stripes and Angevin field of fleur-de-lis) with three lilies above and to sides.

Rev: S • LADIS—LAVS • R :, Standing nimbate king, facing, holding halberd and imperial orb, lily over Saracen’s head in right field (privy mark).

The type was struck 1358-1371 (per Huszár & Unger) or 1359-1371 (per Pohl). This privy mark was struck in Pécs by Johannes Saracenus (per Pohl).

Huszár/Pohl rarity rating 5. The descriptions and depictions of this emission vary from catalog to catalog with respect to the presence and placement of pellets in the legend. None of the catalogs depict the double pellet at the end of the reverse legend that appears on this coin.

Note: Ladislaus I (László in Hun.) (1077-1095) was canonized in 1192. His name typically appeared, albeit in an increasingly decaying form, on the reverse of 12th century emissions, and his stylized image and name appeared on this and other later emissions.

Note: The Saracen's head is a pun on the surname of Jacobus Saracenus (Szerechen, in Hun.) 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. The Saracen’s head is familiar from the so-called Saracen’s Head Denar issued by Louis from 1373-1382 (per Huszár, Pohl & Unger, although Huszár later wrote that the Saracen-head coinage incepted in 1372). This emission represents the one of the earliest appearances of the Saracen head on a Hungarian coin (it had appeared one year earlier on a garas (groschen)).
1 commentsStkp11/21/09 at 14:33dpaul7: Beautiful!!!!!!! Razz
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