Medieval coin – HCR113347

Obverse

Inscription:

IOANS P AChI

Design:

cross potent

Reverse

Inscription:

DE CLARENCIA

Design:

castle tournois, small cross underneath

Information

Period

Medieval

Category

Frankish Greek denier tournois

Group

IGB1

Authority

Achaia: principality

Person

John of Gravina, prince of Achaia, 1321-1332

Dating

1321-1332

Mint

Clarentza (Medieval)

Denomination

denier tournois

Metal

billon

Technique

struck

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

0.9

Diameter (mm)

20.8

Acquisition method

gift

Acquisition collection reference

Patra 1955A (Baker 2021, pp. 814-816 no. 142) = Patrai II

Acquisition date

1991

Source

Eve Stewart ex J.R. Stewart ex Patrai II

Acquisition credit

Presented by Eve Stewart ex J.R. Stewart ex Patrai II, 1991.

Hoard name

Patra 1955A (Baker 2021, pp. 814-816, no. 142)

Reference

G. Schlumberger - 1878 - Numismatique de l'Orient latin : pl. XII.25

Reference

A. Tzamalis - 1994 - To Eurema tes Eleias/1964 / The Elis/1964 Hoard : IGB1

Reference

A.G. Malloy, I.F. Preston, A.J. Seltman - 1994 - Coins of the Crusader States : p. 368, no. 45

Reference

D.M. Metcalf - 1995 - Coinage of the Crusades and the Latin East in the Ashmolean Museum Oxford : pp. 267-268, B

Reference

D.M. Metcalf - 1995 - Three hoards of deniers tournois from Frankish Greece :

Reference

A. Tzamalis - 2016 - Coins of the Frankish Occupation of Greece 1184-1566 : pp. 92 and 274, IGB1

Reference

J. Baker - 2021 - Coinage and Money in Medieval Greece 1200-1430 : p. 1421, IGB1

Contributors to this coin record

autouploader, nristovska, jbaker