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Medieval coin – HCR115752

Obverse

Inscription:

IOhS DESPOTVS

Design:

cross potent

Reverse

Inscription:

DE ARTA CASTRV

Design:

castle tournois, three pellets in triangular arrangment to the left and right, annulet beneath

Information

Period

Medieval

Category

Frankish Greek denier tournois

Group

IOA var2

Authority

Epiros: despotate and lordship

Person

John II Orsini, despot, 1323-1336/7

Dating

middle of the 1320s

Mint

Arta (Medieval) (stated mint)

Denomination

denier tournois

Metal

billon

Technique

struck

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

0.78

Diameter (mm)

19.5

Acquisition method

purchase ('bought')

Acquisition date

1982

Source

Subak

Acquisition note

ex Hadziotis

Reference

P. Lambros - 1871 - Unedierte Muenzen und Bleibullen der Despoten von Epirus : no. 17

Reference

G. Schlumberger - 1878 - Numismatique de l'Orient latin : pl. XIII.16

Reference

P. Lambros - 1880 - Anekdota nomismata kai molubdoboulla ton kata tous mesous aionas dunaston tis Ellados : no. 19

Reference

A.G. Malloy, I.F. Preston, A.J. Seltman - 1994 - Coins of the Crusader States : pp. 398-400, no. 123

Reference

D.M. Metcalf - 1995 - Three hoards of deniers tournois from Frankish Greece : p. 283 and no. 1135

This specimen

Yes

Reference

J. Baker - 2021 - Coinage and Money in Medieval Greece 1200-1430 : pp. 1469-1470, IOA var2

Reference

J. Baker - S. Muçaj, S. Xhyheri - Due tesori monetali della meta del Trecento provenienti da chiese della zona di Phoinike : IOA var2

Contributors to this coin record

autouploader, jbaker