Hungary Kingdom, King Bela II (1131-1141), AR 1/2 Denar, Axes / Cross, Rethy-83

Description

This coin was issued under
King Bela II
(
1131-1141 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 the Blind
was King of Hungary and Croatia from 1131 to1141.  He was blinded along with his rebellious father Almos.
Bela
grew up in monasteries
during the reign of Coloman's son Stephen II.
He was crowned king at least two months after the death of Stephen II.
His blindness prevented him from administering his kingdom without assistance.
He put his trust in his wife and her brother Belos.
[The above explanations are quoted from Wikipedia etc.]
Silver 1/2 Denar.
Very small and lovely
coin
.
Design : Two ceremonial double headed axes. Cross and crescent each side. /
Inner circle Cross with a pellet in each quarter.
Catalog number is Rethy-83
.
Rethy catalogue is "Corpus Nummorum Hungariae", written by Dr. Ladislaus Rethy,
published by Akademische Druck U. Verlagsanstalt in Graz in 1958.
Size : 7 mm.     Weight : 0.05 gr.
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