Medieval coin – HCR70246

Obverse

Inscription:

K R PRINC ACh

Design:

cross potent

Reverse

Inscription:

CLARENTIA

Design:

castle tournois

Information

Period

Medieval

Category

Frankish Greek denier tournois

Group

Authority

Achaia: principality

Person

Charles I of Anjou, king of Sicily, count of Anjou, count of Provence, prince of Achaia, 1246-1285, Charles II of Anjou, king of Naples, count of Anjou, count of Provence, prince of Achaia, 1285-1309

Dating

1281 - ca. 1284 or later

Mint

Clarentza (Medieval)

Denomination

denier tournois

Metal

billon

Technique

struck

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

0.76

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 Patras I

Hoard name

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

Reference

G. Schlumberger - 1878 - Numismatique de l'Orient latin : pl. XII.16

Reference

A. Tzamalis - 1990 - E prote periodos tou tornesiou : KA201

Reference

A.G. Malloy, I.F. Preston, A.J. Seltman - 1994 - Coins of the Crusader States : p. 360, KA201

Reference

D.M. Metcalf - 1995 - Coinage of the Crusades and the Latin East in the Ashmolean Museum Oxford : p. 258, KA201, and no. 947

Reference

A. Tzamalis - 2016 - Coins of the Frankish Occupation of Greece 1184-1566 : p. 124, KA201

Reference

J. Baker - 2021 - Coinage and Money in Medieval Greece 1200-1430 : p. 1393, KA201

Contributors to this coin record

jmairat, jbaker, nristovska