Hungary, Kingdom. Ulászló I BI Denár. Buda, 1442. MONЄTA • WLADISLAI • DЄI • GRA, Polish Jagiello eagle standing facing, head to left, with open wings / ❀ RЄGIS • VnGARIЄ • ЄT • CЄTЄRA, coat of arms; B-P across fields. Huszár 605; CNH 41; Unger 470. 1.08g, 19mm, 9h.
Good Very Fine.
From the N. M. McQ. Holmes Collection;
Ex Nudelman Numismatica - CIP Invest Ltd., Auction 14, 27 September 2014, lot 87 (hammer 160 EUR).
Władysław III of Poland became king Ulászló I of Hungary in 1440, elected by the Diet of Hungary in preference to the infant son of the preceding ruler, Ladislaus the Posthumous. He was killed in the Battle of Varna in 1444.