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bby_548993 - HUNGARY - KINGDOM OF HUNGARY - BELA III Follis

HUNGARY - KINGDOM OF HUNGARY - BELA III Follis AU
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Price : 150.00 €
Type : Follis
Date: c. 1173-1196
Mint name / Town : Buda
Metal : copper
Diameter : 26,5 mm
Orientation dies : 7 h.
Weight : 3,80 g.
Rarity : R1
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire sur un flan parfaitement centré des deux côtés. Joli droit. Infime faiblesse de frappe au revers. Patine marron
Predigree :
Cet exemplaire provient de la collection P.-R. B

Obverse


Obverse legend : + SANCTA - MARIA.
Obverse description : La Vierge, nimbée, tient en main droite un sceptre en forme de lys, et sa main gauche appuie une sorte de reliquaire sur sa poitrine ; elle est assise sur un trône sans dossier, une croix dans le champ au dessus de sa tête.
Obverse translation : (Sainte Marie).

Reverse


Reverse legend : REX ST(EPHANU)S - N REX BELA.
Reverse description : Les rois assis sur un double trône sans dossier et tenant en main droite un globe crucigère sont Bela III et Etienne IV (1162-63) ou plus probablement Etienne III (soit pendant son règne entre 1164 et 1173, soit entre 1173 et 1196 lorsque Bela III règnant seul peut associer sur cette pièce le frère à qui il doit le pouvoir) ; entre les deux rois, une longue croix..
Reverse translation : (Roi Etienne – Roi Bela).

Commentary


Flan scyphate (concave). Le follis est une copie des monnaies islamiques qui circulaient largement en Hongrie. Il est aussi connu sous le nom de follis (Imitation du trachy de billon scyphate byzantin).

Historical background


HUNGARY - KINGDOM OF HUNGARY - BELA III

(1173-1196)

In 1161, on the death of King Geza II of Hungary, the Byzantine Emperor Manuel I Comnenus took sides against his son and successor Stephen III and supported with money and arms the "usurper" Stephen IV, brother of the deceased. In the treaty of 1164, Hungary was cut off from several provinces (Croatia, Dalmatia, Bosnia and Sirmia) in favor of the Byzantine. Stephen III's brother, Bela, is recognized as heir to the throne of Hungary and sent to Constantinople where he receives the name of Alexis and the title of despot (which places him immediately below basileus). On the death of Stephen III, Manuel retains his influence by raising the throne of Hungary his protege Bela-Alexis, under the name of Bela III. Bela III first married Anne de Châtillon, then Marguerite, Countess of Vexin and sister of Philippe-Auguste, hence the French influence in his administration. The death of Manuel I (1180) loosened personal ties and three years later, skillfully taking advantage of an alliance with the Serbs and the support of the Pope, Bela III recovered the provinces abandoned in 1164. He died in 1196. Bela III (1148-1196) was King of Hungary from 1172 to 1196. He is the son of Géza II (1141-1161). Ladislas II, brother of Géza II succeeded him in 1162/1163, then the second brother of Géza, Stephen II reigned only two years. Béla's older brother, Stephen III (1165-1172) inherited the throne. Bela III successively married Marie Comnène in 1164, then Agnès de Châtillon in 1168, finally in 1186, Marguerite de France (1158-1198), the daughter of Louis VII.

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