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Medieval coin – HCR70217

Obverse

Inscription:

G PRINCE ACh

Design:

cross potent

Reverse

Inscription:

CLARENTIA

Design:

castle tournois

Information

Period

Medieval

Category

Frankish Greek denier tournois

Group

GV222

Authority

Achaia: principality

Person

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

Dating

ca. 1276 - 1278

Mint

Clarentza (Medieval)

Denomination

denier tournois

Metal

billon

Technique

struck

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

0.86

Diameter (mm)

19.1

Acquisition method

bequest

Acquisition date

20/12/1990

Source

D. R. Walker ex Vecchi March 1980

Acquisition credit

Bequeathed by D. R. Walker, 1990.

Reference

G. Schlumberger - 1878 - Numismatique de l'Orient latin : pl. XII.12

Reference

A. Tzamalis - 1990 - E prote periodos tou tornesiou : GV222

Reference

A.G. Malloy, I.F. Preston, A.J. Seltman - 1994 - Coins of the Crusader States : pp. 358-359, GV222

Reference

D.M. Metcalf - 1995 - Coinage of the Crusades and the Latin East in the Ashmolean Museum Oxford : p. 256, GV222 and no. 937

Reference

A. Tzamalis - 2016 - Coins of the Frankish Occupation of Greece 1184-1566 : p. 124, GV222

Reference

J. Baker - 2021 - Coinage and Money in Medieval Greece 1200-1430 : p. 1387, GV222, and pp. 1700-1701, no. 496

Contributors to this coin record

jmairat, jbaker