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Medieval coin – HCR70176

Obverse

Inscription:

+ G PRINCEPS

Design:

Facing head

Reverse

Inscription:

+ AChAIE

Design:

Cross

Information

Period

Medieval

Category

Frankish Greek petty denomination coin

Group

8

Authority

Achaia: principality (stated authority)

Person

William II of Villehardouin, prince of Achaia, 1246-1278

Dating

1255-1259

Mint

Corinth (Medieval)

Denomination

petty denomination

Metal

billon

Technique

struck

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

1.12

Diameter (mm)

17.1

Acquisition method

bequest

Acquisition date

20/12/1990

Source

D. R. Walker

Acquisition credit

Bequeathed by D. R. Walker, 1990.

Reference

G. Schlumberger - 1878 - Numismatique de l'Orient latin : pl. XII.6

Reference

D.M. Metcalf - 1965 - Frankish Petty Currency from the Areopagus in Athens : p. 207, no. 8

Reference

D.M. Metcalf - Coinage in South-Eastern Europe 820-1396 : p. 244, no. 8

Reference

A.G. Malloy, I.F. Preston, A.J. Seltman - 1994 - Coins of the Crusader States : p. 357, no. 4

Reference

D.M. Metcalf - 1995 - Coinage of the Crusades and the Latin East in the Ashmolean Museum Oxford : p. 243, no. 8 and no. 870

This specimen

Yes

Reference

D.M. Metcalf - 2016 - Coinage in South-Eastern Europe 820-1396, 2nd edition : p. 244, no. 8

Reference

A. Tzamalis - 2016 - Coins of the Frankish Occupation of Greece 1184-1566 : p. 89, F57

Reference

J. Baker - 2021 - Coinage and Money in Medieval Greece 1200-1430 : pp. 1367-1372, no. 8

Contributors to this coin record

jmairat, jbaker