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Medieval silver coin of King Geza II of Hungary 1141-1162 AD
Geza II - King of Hungary
AR silver
Weight: 0.18 grams Size: 11mm
Obverse: Long narrow S and its mirror at the sides of a tall pearl pillar
Reverse: Cross within inner circle with four dots; lines and crescents between inner and outer line circles
Géza II (Hungarian: II. Géza; Croatian: Gejza II.; Slovak: Gejza II.; 1130 – 31 May 1162) was King of Hungary and Croatia from 1141 to 1162. He was the oldest son of King Béla the Blind and his wife, Helena of Serbia. When his father died, Géza was still a child and he started ruling under the guardianship of his mother and her brother, Beloš. A pretender to the throne, Boris Kalamanos, who had already claimed Hungary during Béla the Blind's reign, temporarily captured Pressburg (now Bratislava in Slovakia) with the assistance of German mercenaries in early 1146. In retaliation, Géza who came of age in the same year, invaded Austria and routed Henry Jasomirgott, Margrave of Austria, in the Battle of the Fischa.
SKU: 5340
$137.00
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