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Medieval coin – HCR115644

Obverse

Inscription:

GVI DUX ATENES

Design:

cross potent

Reverse

Inscription:

ThEBANI CIVIS

Design:

castle tournois, spur rowel underneath

Information

Period

Medieval

Category

Frankish Greek denier tournois

Group

GR20Z

Authority

Athens: duchy

Person

Guy II de la Roche, duke of Athens, 1287-1308, Walter of Brienne, duke of Athens, 1309-1311

Dating

1307-1308 or 1309-1311

Mint

Thebes (Medieval)

Denomination

denier tournois

Metal

billon

Technique

struck

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

0.87

Diameter (mm)

20.7

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 : GR20Z

Reference

A.G. Malloy, I.F. Preston, A.J. Seltman - 1994 - Coins of the Crusader States : p. 388, nos 95-96

Reference

D.M. Metcalf - 1995 - Coinage of the Crusades and the Latin East in the Ashmolean Museum Oxford : pp. 275-276, g-h, and no. 1077

Reference

A. Tzamalis - 2016 - Coins of the Frankish Occupation of Greece 1184-1566 : pp. 275-277, GR20Z

Reference

J. Baker - 2021 - Coinage and Money in Medieval Greece 1200-1430 : p. 1436, GR20Z

Contributors to this coin record

autouploader, jbaker, nristovska