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Medieval silver coin of King Geza II of Hungary 1141-1162 AD
Geza II - King of Hungary
AR silver
Weight: 0.17 grams Size: 11mm
Obverse: Large pearl cross in center ending in smaller crosses; small crosses connected with four pearl lines wedges outside, four dots inside
Reverse: Two small crosses connected with a diagonal line, two small crosses at the side, four dots above and below small crosses in inner circle, no outer circle
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: 5342
$166.00
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