Medieval coin – HCR70371

Obverse

Inscription:

PhS P ACh TAR DR

Design:

cross potent

Reverse

Inscription:

DE CLARENCIA

Design:

castle tournois, fleur-de-lis underneath, pellet to left and right

Information

Period

Medieval

Category

Frankish Greek denier tournois

Group

PSB

Authority

Achaia: principality

Person

Philip of Taranto, prince of Achaia, despot of Romania, 1304/6-1313 and 1296/8-1314

Dating

1304-ca. 1309

Mint

Clarentza (Medieval)

Denomination

denier tournois

Metal

billon

Technique

struck

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

0.84

Diameter (mm)

19.4

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.21

Reference

A. Tzamalis - 1994 - To Eurema tes Eleias/1964 / The Elis/1964 Hoard : PTB

Reference

A.G. Malloy, I.F. Preston, A.J. Seltman - 1994 - Coins of the Crusader States : p. 364, nos 24-25

Reference

D.M. Metcalf - 1995 - Coinage of the Crusades and the Latin East in the Ashmolean Museum Oxford : p. 265, PT1

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. 273, PTB

Reference

J. Baker - 2021 - Coinage and Money in Medieval Greece 1200-1430 : p. 1409, PTB

Contributors to this coin record

jmairat, nristovska, jbaker