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Medieval coin – HCR113358

Obverse

Inscription:

IOhS P AChE

Design:

cross potent

Reverse

Inscription:

D'CLARENCIA

Design:

castle tournois, annulet to left (?) and right, small B underneath

Information

Period

Medieval

Category

Frankish Greek denier tournois

Group

IGA2

Authority

Achaia: principality (stated authority)

Person

John of Gravina, prince of Achaia, 1321-1332

Dating

1321-1332

Mint

Clarentza (Medieval) (stated mint)

Denomination

denier tournois

Metal

billon

Technique

struck

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

0.72

Diameter (mm)

20.2

Acquisition method

gift

Acquisition collection reference

Larissa 1955 (Baker 2021, pp. 831-832, no. 153)

Acquisition date

1991

Source

Eve Stewart ex. J.R. Stewart ex Larissa

Hoard name

Larissa 1955 (Baker 2021, pp. 831-832, no. 153)

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 : IGA2

Reference

A.G. Malloy, I.F. Preston, A.J. Seltman - 1994 - Coins of the Crusader States : p. 369, no. 58

Reference

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

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, IGA2

Reference

J. Baker - 2021 - Coinage and Money in Medieval Greece 1200-1430 : p. 1421, IGA2

Contributors to this coin record

autouploader, nristovska, jbaker