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Medieval coin – HCR70172

Obverse

Inscription:

G DVX ATENES

Design:

Shield with arms of de la Roche

Reverse

Inscription:

TEBES CIVIS

Design:

Cross potent

Information

Period

Medieval

Category

Frankish Greek petty denomination coin

Group

Type 4

Authority

Athens: duchy

Person

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

Dating

mid- to late-1280s to early(?) 1290s

Mint

Thebes (Medieval) (stated mint)

Denomination

petty denomination

Metal

billon

Technique

struck

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

0.42

Diameter (mm)

13.4

Acquisition method

gift

Acquisition date

1991

Source

Eve Stewart ex J.R. Stewart

Acquisition note

ex Lockett ex Grantley

Reference

G. Schlumberger - 1878 - Numismatique de l'Orient latin : pl. XIII.1

Reference

D.M. Metcalf - 1965 - Frankish Petty Currency from the Areopagus in Athens : p. 206, no. 4

Reference

D.M. Metcalf - Coinage in South-Eastern Europe 820-1396 : p. 244, no. 4

Reference

A.G. Malloy, I.F. Preston, A.J. Seltman - 1994 - Coins of the Crusader States : p. 384, no. 81

Reference

D.M. Metcalf - 1995 - Coinage of the Crusades and the Latin East in the Ashmolean Museum Oxford : p. 243, no. 4 and no. 866

This specimen

Yes

Reference

D.M. Metcalf - 2016 - Coinage in South-Eastern Europe 820-1396, 2nd edition : p. 244, no. 4

Reference

A. Tzamalis - 2016 - Coins of the Frankish Occupation of Greece 1184-1566 : p. 194, F86

Reference

J. Baker - 2021 - Coinage and Money in Medieval Greece 1200-1430 : pp. 1362-1363

Contributors to this coin record

jmairat, jbaker