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Medieval coin – HCR70454

Obverse

Inscription:

MAhAVTA P ACh

Design:

cross potent

Reverse

Inscription:

DE CLARENCIA

Design:

castle tournois, annulet to left, flower underneath

Information

Period

Medieval

Category

Frankish Greek denier tournois

Group

MA1b

Authority

Achaia: principality

Person

Mahaut of Hainaut, princess of Achaia, 1316-1321

Dating

1316-1321

Mint

Clarentza (Medieval)

Denomination

denier tournois

Metal

billon

Technique

struck

Measurements
Acquisition
Additional information
Ticket
References
Credit

Weight (g)

0.82

Diameter (mm)

18.7

Acquisition method

gift

Acquisition date

1987

Source

A.P. Tzamalis

Reference

G. Schlumberger - 1878 - Numismatique de l'Orient latin : pl. XII.24

Reference

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

Reference

A.G. Malloy, I.F. Preston, A.J. Seltman - 1994 - Coins of the Crusader States : p. 366, no. 32

Reference

D.M. Metcalf - 1995 - Coinage of the Crusades and the Latin East in the Ashmolean Museum Oxford : p. 267, MA1, and no. 1002

Reference

A. Tzamalis - 2016 - Coins of the Frankish Occupation of Greece 1184-1566 : p. 274, MHA

Reference

J. Baker - 2021 - Coinage and Money in Medieval Greece 1200-1430 : p. 1417, MA1b

Contributors to this coin record

jmairat, nristovska, jbaker