Coin Information: Tantalus S/N 35433
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| Coin type: | Medieval |
| Entered by: | mrichter (Seller rating: 5.0 out of 5, based on 13 buyer responses) |
| Added on: | Jul 28, 2009 |
| Country: | Hungary |
| Ruler: | Louis I of Anjou |
| Coin: | VG Silver Denar +MONETA LODOVICI - Moor’s head left with a bandana +REGIS HVNGARIE - cruciform cross |
| Mint: | Buda or Pest (1373 - 1382) |
| Wt./Size/Axis: | 0.44g / 13mm / 135 |
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| Acquisition/Sale: | coinlord2008 eBay #250463076202 7/19/09 |
| Notes: | Jul 28, 09 - This coin reflects the influence of Count Szer-ecsen, the Saracen head was a pun on the name, and gave this coin its popular nickname, the ‘Saracen Head Denar’.
It was struck for Louis I de Anjou called “The Great”, who was King of Hungary from 1342 and of Poland from 1370 until his death on September 10, 1382. Louis de Anjou was the head of the senior branch of the Angevin dynasty. He was one of Hungary's most active and accomplished Monarchs of the Middle Ages, extending territorial control to the Adriatic and securing Dalmatia, with a part of Bosnia and Bulgaria, within the Holy Crown of Hungary. |
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