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Medieval coin – HCR70167

Obverse

Inscription:

DNS AThEN

Design:

Genoese Gate

Reverse

Inscription:

ThEB CIVI

Design:

Cross potent

Information

Period

Medieval

Category

Frankish Greek petty denomination coin

Group

Type 1

Authority

Athens: lordship (stated authority)

Person

Guy I de la Roche, lord of Athens, 1225-1263

Dating

late 1240s - 1256 or later

Mint

Thebes (Medieval) (stated mint)

Denomination

petty denomination

Metal

billon

Technique

struck

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

0.91

Diameter (mm)

15.8

Acquisition method

gift

Acquisition date

1991

Source

Eve Stewart ex J.R. Stewart

Acquisition note

ex Lockett ex Lambros

Reference

D.M. Metcalf - 1965 - Frankish Petty Currency from the Areopagus in Athens : p. 206, no. 1

Reference

D.M. Metcalf - Coinage in South-Eastern Europe 820-1396 : p. 244, no. 1

Reference

A.G. Malloy, I.F. Preston, A.J. Seltman - 1994 - Coins of the Crusader States : p. 384, no. 79

Reference

D.M. Metcalf - 1995 - Coinage of the Crusades and the Latin East in the Ashmolean Museum Oxford : p. 243, no. 1 and no. 861

This specimen

Yes

Reference

D.M. Metcalf - 2016 - Coinage in South-Eastern Europe 820-1396, 2nd edition : p. 244, no. 1

Reference

A. Tzamalis - 2016 - Coins of the Frankish Occupation of Greece 1184-1566 : p. 194, F81

Reference

J. Baker - 2021 - Coinage and Money in Medieval Greece 1200-1430 : pp. 1360-1362, no. 1, and no. 390

This specimen

Yes

Reference

G. Schlumberger - 1878 - Numismatique de l'Orient latin : pl. XII.31

Contributors to this coin record

jmairat, jbaker