Louis I. 1342-1382 Medieval Crusaders - Hungary Silver Denar

Louis was the only Hungarian monarch to receive the epithet "Great". Both his chivalrous personality and his successful military campaigns contributed to the development of his fame as a "great king". Louis waged wars in almost each year during his reign, in Poland, on a crusade against the pagan Lithuanians, in Croatia and in Italy. The Saracen's head is a pun on the surname of Jacobus Saracenus and his brother, Johannes, courtiers of Italian descent who were ennobled by Louis and became masters of the mint.

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