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Curious Coin, Hungary, Bela III (1172-1196), AE Denar, Arabic legend!, Rethy-101

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    Description

    This coin was issued under
    King Bela III
    (
    1172-1196 AD
    ) in Kingdom of
    Hungary
    .
    The Hungarians, led by
    Arpad
    , settled the
    Carpathian Basin
    in
    895
    and established the
    Principality of Hungary
    (896-1000).
    The principality was succeeded by the Christian Kingdom  with the coronation of St. Stephen on Christmas Day 1000.
    The first kings of the kingdom were from the
    Arpad Dynasty (1000-1301).
    Bela III
    was a
    King of Hungary and Croatia
    between 1172 - 1196.  He was the
    second son of King Geza II
    .  Around 1161,
    Geza granted Bela
    a Duchy,
    which included Croatia, central Dalmatia and possibly Sirmium.  In accordance with a peace treaty,
    Bela
    moved to Constantinople
    in 1163.  The Byzantine
    Emperor Manuel I
    Komnenos granted him the heir in 1165.
    But the emperor
    deprived Bela of his high title, granting him the inferior rank of kaisar.
    Stephen III, the king of Hungary,
    died in 1172
    , and Bela decided to
    return to Hungary
    .  Bela fought with his younger brother,
    Geza
    , whom he held in captivity for
    more than a decade
    .  Bela
    reoccupied
    Croatia, Dalmatia and Sirmium in 1180-
    1181.
    The royal palace built in
    Eszergom
    during his reign was the first example of Gothic architecture in Central Europe.
    Bela was one of the
    most eminent
    medieval monarchs of Hungary.  His rule not only represented the apogee of the kingdom
    of the Arpadians, but also marked the end of an epoch.
    [The above explanations are quoted from Wikipedia etc.]
    Eszergom City
    is located at (
    47.7993, 18.7361
    ) in google location system.
    I will attach a screen shot, which was taken by Mr. Bertalan Eory in November 2020, of the Eszergom Castle.
    Copper Denar.   Edge chips.
    Very curious coin with pseudo-Arabic legends
    .
    Catalog number is Rethy-101 and Zeno-71006
    .
    Rethy catalogue is "Corpus Nummorum Hungariae", written by Dr. Ladislaus Rethy,
    published by Akademische Druck U. Verlagsanstalt in Graz in 1958.
    Zeno on line catalogue is "Zeno. Ru - Oriental Coins Database".
    Size : 22 x 21 mm.     Weight : 1.23 gr.
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