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Medieval coin – HCR115782

Obverse

Inscription:

IO...VS

Design:

cross potent

Reverse

Inscription:

D..A..RV

Design:

castle tournois

Information

Period

Medieval

Category

Frankish Greek denier tournois

Group

IOΓ var2

Authority

Epiros: despotate and lordship

Person

John II Orsini, despot, 1323-1336/7

Dating

post 1331 or 1333 for a few years (latest 1337)

Mint

Arta (Medieval)

Denomination

denier tournois

Metal

billon

Technique

struck

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

0.56

Diameter (mm)

19.8

Acquisition method

purchase ('bought')

Acquisition date

1970

Source

Subak

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. 1162

Reference

J. Baker - 2021 - Coinage and Money in Medieval Greece 1200-1430 : pp. 1469-1470, IOΓ2

Reference

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

Contributors to this coin record

autouploader, jbaker