Coinage in the Kingdom of Hungary
Stephen's gold coin
The coinage in the Kingdom of Hungary (the minting and use of coins) started during the reign of Stephen I who was crowned the first king of Hungary in 1000 or 1001.
Origins
The minting of coins was from the beginning a royal prerogative in the Kingdom of Hungary.[1] The first Hungarian coins were struck during the reign of Stephen I who was crowned the first king of Hungary in 1000 or 1001.[1][2] His coins were minted after Bavarian patterns.[2][3]
Footnotes
- 1 2 Berend, Urbańczyk & Wiszewski 2013, p. 156.
- 1 2 Gedai 1994, p. 542.
- ↑ Engel 2001, p. 62.
Sources
- Berend, Nora; Urbańczyk, Przemysław; Wiszewski, Przemysław (2013). Central Europe in the High Middle Ages: Bohemia, Hungary and Poland, c. 900-c. 1300. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-78156-5.
- Engel, Pál (2001). The Realm of St Stephen: A History of Medieval Hungary, 895–1526. I.B. Tauris Publishers. ISBN 1-86064-061-3.
- Gedai, István (1994). "pénzverés [Coinage]". In Kristó, Gyula; Engel, Pál; Makk, Ferenc. Korai magyar történeti lexikon (9–14. század) [Encyclopedia of the Early Hungarian History (9th–14th centuries)] (in Hungarian). Akadémiai Kiadó. pp. 541–542. ISBN 963-05-6722-9.
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