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Medieval coin – HCR70227

Obverse

Inscription:

G PRINCE ACh

Design:

cross potent

Reverse

Inscription:

CLARENTIA

Design:

castle tournois

Information

Period

Medieval

Category

Frankish Greek denier tournois

Group

GV223

Authority

Achaia: principality (stated authority)

Person

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

Dating

1276-1278

Mint

Clarentza (Medieval) (stated mint)

Denomination

denier tournois

Metal

billon

Technique

struck

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

0.75

Diameter (mm)

18.3

Acquisition method

gift

Acquisition date

1991

Source

Eve Stewart ex J.R. Stewart

Reference

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

Reference

A. Tzamalis - 1990 - E prote periodos tou tornesiou : GV223

Reference

A.G. Malloy, I.F. Preston, A.J. Seltman - 1994 - Coins of the Crusader States : pp. 358-359, GV223

Reference

D.M. Metcalf - 1995 - Coinage of the Crusades and the Latin East in the Ashmolean Museum Oxford : p. 256, GV223

Reference

A. Tzamalis - 2016 - Coins of the Frankish Occupation of Greece 1184-1566 : p. 124, GV223

Reference

J. Baker - 2021 - Coinage and Money in Medieval Greece 1200-1430 : p. 1387, GV223

Contributors to this coin record

jmairat, jbaker, nristovska