Medieval coin – HCR115702

Obverse

Inscription:

PhS P TAR DESP

Design:

cross potent

Reverse

Inscription:

NEPANTI CIVIS

Design:

castle tournois

Information

Period

Medieval

Category

Frankish Greek denier tournois

Group

DR1d

Authority

Romania: despot

Person

Philip of Taranto, prince of Achaia, despot of Romania, 1304/6-1313 and 1296/8-1314

Dating

c. 1301-late 1304

Mint

Naupaktos (Medieval)

Denomination

denier tournois

Metal

billon

Technique

struck

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

0.69

Diameter (mm)

19.7

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.20

Reference

A. Tzamalis - 1994 - To Eurema tes Eleias/1964 / The Elis/1964 Hoard : pp. 70-71

Reference

A.G. Malloy, I.F. Preston, A.J. Seltman - 1994 - Coins of the Crusader States : pp. 397-398, no. 111b

Reference

D.M. Metcalf - 1995 - Coinage of the Crusades and the Latin East in the Ashmolean Museum Oxford : p. 278, DR1d, and no. 1098

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. 276 and 278

Reference

J. Baker - 2021 - Coinage and Money in Medieval Greece 1200-1430 : pp. 1447-1448, DR1d

Contributors to this coin record

autouploader, nristovska, jbaker