Medieval coin – HCR115807

Obverse

Inscription:

G DUX D'ATENES

Design:

cross potent

Reverse

Inscription:

ThEBES CIVIS

Design:

castle tournois with two arches above the base line

Information

Period

Medieval

Category

Frankish Greek denier tournois

Group

GR101

Authority

Athens: duchy

Person

William de la Roche, duke of Athens, 1280-1287, Guy II de la Roche, duke of Athens, 1287-1308

Dating

c. 1285-c. 1287

Mint

Thebes (Medieval)

Denomination

denier tournois

Metal

billon

Technique

struck

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

0.93

Diameter (mm)

20.5

Acquisition method

purchase ('bought')

Acquisition collection reference

Pylia 1968/1969 (Baker 2021, pp. 735-741, no. 92)

Acquisition date

1969

Source

Baldwin ex Pylos hoard

Hoard name

Pylia 1968/1969 (Baker 2021, pp. 735-741, no. 92)

Reference

A. Tzamalis - 1990 - E prote periodos tou tornesiou : p. 116, GR101

Reference

A. Tzamalis - 1994 - To Eurema tes Eleias/1964 / The Elis/1964 Hoard : GR101

Reference

A.G. Malloy, I.F. Preston, A.J. Seltman - 1994 - Coins of the Crusader States : p. 385, no. 83

Reference

D.M. Metcalf - 1995 - Coinage of the Crusades and the Latin East in the Ashmolean Museum Oxford : pp. 271-273, GR101, no. 1025

Reference

A. Tzamalis - 2016 - Coins of the Frankish Occupation of Greece 1184-1566 : pp. 275-277, GR101

Reference

J. Baker - 2021 - Coinage and Money in Medieval Greece 1200-1430 : pp. 1432-1433, GR101, and pp. 1724-1725, no. 640

Reference

G. Schlumberger - 1878 - Numismatique de l'Orient latin : pl. XIII.2

Contributors to this coin record

autouploader, jbaker, nristovska