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Medieval coin – HCR70192

Obverse

Inscription:

G PRINCEPS

Design:

cross potent

Reverse

Inscription:

CLARENTIA

Design:

castle tournois

Information

Period

Medieval

Category

Frankish Greek denier tournois

Group

GV111

Authority

Achaia: principality

Person

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

Dating

ca. 1267 - ca. 1274

Mint

Clarentza (Medieval)

Denomination

denier tournois

Metal

billon

Technique

struck

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

1.04

Diameter (mm)

17.7

Acquisition method

gift

Acquisition date

1991

Source

Eve Stewart ex J.R. Stewart ex Lockett

Reference

G. Schlumberger - 1878 - Numismatique de l'Orient latin : pl. XII.11

Reference

A. Tzamalis - 1990 - E prote periodos tou tornesiou : GV111

Reference

A.G. Malloy, I.F. Preston, A.J. Seltman - 1994 - Coins of the Crusader States : pp. 358-359, GV111

Reference

D.M. Metcalf - 1995 - Coinage of the Crusades and the Latin East in the Ashmolean Museum Oxford : p. 256, GV111 and no. 922

Reference

A. Tzamalis - 2016 - Coins of the Frankish Occupation of Greece 1184-1566 : p. 124, GV111

Reference

J. Baker - 2021 - Coinage and Money in Medieval Greece 1200-1430 : p. 1386, GV111

Contributors to this coin record

jmairat, jbaker, nristovska