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Medieval coin – HCR115757

Obverse

Inscription:

IOhS DESPOTVS

Design:

cross potent

Reverse

Inscription:

DE ARTA CASTRV

Design:

castle tournois

Information

Period

Medieval

Category

Frankish Greek denier tournois

Group

ΙΟΒ bis

Authority

Epiros: despotate and lordship

Person

John II Orsini, despot, 1323-1336/7

Dating

late 1320s to early 1330s

Mint

Arta (Medieval)

Denomination

denier tournois

Metal

billon

Technique

struck

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

0.56

Diameter (mm)

19.4

Acquisition method

purchase ('bought')

Acquisition date

1990

Source

Subak ex Hadziotis

Reference

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

Reference

A.G. Malloy, I.F. Preston, A.J. Seltman - 1994 - Coins of the Crusader States : pp. 398-400

Reference

D.M. Metcalf - 1995 - Coinage of the Crusades and the Latin East in the Ashmolean Museum Oxford : p. 283 and no. 1137

This specimen

Yes

Reference

J. Baker - 2021 - Coinage and Money in Medieval Greece 1200-1430 : pp. 1469-1470, IOΓ1

Reference

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

Contributors to this coin record

autouploader, jbaker