The helmet-style crown is made of gold and set with pearls and other gems. It is notable for its detailed enamel work called cloissonné. The jewels hanging on gold chains is representative of Byzantine Made Crowns.

Pope Sylvester II gave King (Saint) Stephen I (Szent István Király) the (upper part 'corona latina' with enamel plates of the apostols and inscriptions in Latin) Saint Crown in the year of A.D. 1000 and he was crowned with it in A.D. January 1, 1001. Saint Stphen's exact date of birth is not known, however it was between A.D. 967 – 975, he died in A.D. 1038.

The lower part of the saint crown the enamel plates with Greek inscriptons (corona graeca) was presented to King Géza I of Hungary by Byzantine emperor Micheal VII between A.D. 1074 – 1077. The corona graeca was made in the Byzantine emperor's shop in Constantinople (Present day Istambul).