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Medieval coin – HCR115740

Obverse

Inscription:

hELENA DI GRA

Design:

Cross potent

Reverse

Inscription:

CLARICTIA S F

Design:

castle tournois

Information

Period

Medieval

Category

Frankish Greek denier tournois

Group

Karytaina

Authority

Karytaina: lordship

Person

Helena Angela, dame of Karytaina, 1291-1299 or later

Dating

1291 or very early 1292

Mint

Karytaina (Medieval)

Denomination

denier tournois

Metal

billon

Technique

struck

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

0.85

Diameter (mm)

20.7

Acquisition method

gift

Acquisition date

1982

Source

D.M. Metcalf

Reference

G. Schlumberger - 1878 - Numismatique de l'Orient latin : pl. XII.28

Reference

A.G. Malloy, I.F. Preston, A.J. Seltman - 1994 - Coins of the Crusader States : pp. 374-375

Reference

D.M. Metcalf - 1995 - Coinage of the Crusades and the Latin East in the Ashmolean Museum Oxford : pp. 281-282 and no. 1128

Reference

A. Tzamalis - 2016 - Coins of the Frankish Occupation of Greece 1184-1566 : pp. 71-72 and 93

Reference

J. Baker - 2021 - Coinage and Money in Medieval Greece 1200-1430 : pp. 1140-1441

Contributors to this coin record

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