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Medieval coin – HCR115605

Obverse

Inscription:

GVI DUX ATENES

Design:

cross potent

Reverse

Inscription:

ThEBANI CIVIS

Design:

castle tournois

Information

Period

Medieval

Category

Frankish Greek denier tournois

Group

GR20Δ

Authority

Athens: duchy (stated authority)

Person

Guy II de la Roche, duke of Athens, 1287-1308

Dating

c. 1303

Mint

Thebes (Medieval) (stated mint)

Denomination

denier tournois

Metal

billon

Technique

struck

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

0.85

Diameter (mm)

20

Acquisition method

purchase ('bought')

Acquisition collection reference

Megara (Baker 2021, pp. 756-757, no. 101)

Acquisition date

1974

Source

C.H. Subak

Reference

G. Schlumberger - 1878 - Numismatique de l'Orient latin : pl. XIII.9

Reference

A. Tzamalis - 1994 - To Eurema tes Eleias/1964 / The Elis/1964 Hoard : GR20Δ

Reference

D.M. Metcalf - 1995 - Coinage of the Crusades and the Latin East in the Ashmolean Museum Oxford : pp. 275-276, c, and no. 1067

This specimen

Yes

Reference

A. Tzamalis - 2016 - Coins of the Frankish Occupation of Greece 1184-1566 : pp. 275-277, GR20Δ

Reference

J. Baker - 2021 - Coinage and Money in Medieval Greece 1200-1430 : p. 1436, GR20Δ

Contributors to this coin record

autouploader, jbaker, nristovska