Medieval coin – HCR70241

Obverse

Inscription:

K R PRINC ACh

Design:

cross potent

Reverse

Inscription:

DE CLARENTIA

Design:

castle tournois

Information

Period

Medieval

Category

Frankish Greek denier tournois

Group

KA101

Authority

Achaia: principality

Person

Charles I of Anjou, king of Sicily, count of Anjou, count of Provence, prince of Achaia, 1246-1285

Dating

1279-1281

Mint

Clarentza (Medieval)

Denomination

denier tournois

Metal

billon

Technique

struck

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

0.73

Diameter (mm)

18.9

Acquisition method

gift

Acquisition collection reference

Patra 1955C (Baker 2021 pp. 840-843 no. 160) = Patrai I

Acquisition date

1991

Source

Eve Stewart ex. J.R. Stewart ex Patrai I

Hoard name

Patra 1955C (Baker 2021 pp. 840-843 no. 160)

Reference

G. Schlumberger - 1878 - Numismatique de l'Orient latin : pl. XII.17

Reference

A. Tzamalis - 1990 - E prote periodos tou tornesiou : KA101

Reference

A.G. Malloy, I.F. Preston, A.J. Seltman - 1994 - Coins of the Crusader States : p. 360, KA101

Reference

D.M. Metcalf - 1995 - Coinage of the Crusades and the Latin East in the Ashmolean Museum Oxford : p. 258, KA101

Reference

D.M. Metcalf - 1995 - Three hoards of deniers tournois from Frankish Greece :

Reference

A. Tzamalis - 2016 - Coins of the Frankish Occupation of Greece 1184-1566 : p. 124, KA101

Reference

J. Baker - 2021 - Coinage and Money in Medieval Greece 1200-1430 : p. 1392, KA101

Contributors to this coin record

jmairat, jbaker, nristovska