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Medieval coin – HCR115643

Obverse

Inscription:

GVI DVX ATENES

Design:

cross potent

Reverse

Inscription:

ThEBANI CIVIS

Design:

castle tournois

Information

Period

Medieval

Category

Frankish Greek denier tournois

Group

GR20E

Authority

Athens: duchy (stated authority)

Person

Walter of Brienne, duke of Athens, 1309-1311

Dating

1309-1311

Mint

Thebes (Medieval) (stated mint)

Denomination

denier tournois

Metal

billon

Technique

struck

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

0.64

Diameter (mm)

19.9

Acquisition method

gift

Acquisition collection reference

Patra 1955C (Baker 2021 pp. 840-843 no. 160) = Patrai I

Acquisition date

1991

Source

Eve Stewart ex. J.R. Stewart ex Patrai I

Hoard name

Patra 1955C (Baker 2021, pp. 840-843, no. 160)

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 : GR20E

Reference

D.M. Metcalf - 1995 - Coinage of the Crusades and the Latin East in the Ashmolean Museum Oxford : pp. 275-276, g, and no. 1076

This specimen

Yes

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. 275-277, GR20E

Reference

J. Baker - 2021 - Coinage and Money in Medieval Greece 1200-1430 : p. 1436, GR20E

Contributors to this coin record

autouploader, jbaker, nristovska