Eh, Tzamalis saves the day. Your coin (or at least the orthography) is recorded in Coins of the Frankish Occupation of Greece at p. 107. [ATTACH]
Will probably be getting my copy soon.
Still a solid example. Just checked Lord Grantley's 1923 report of late Crusader tornesi and yours is not recorded there either. There is an...
The Є and the C are often very similar in appearance, especially after around 1300, as the mid hyphen of the Є can sometimes be obscured or...
What an excellent coin. To me, the reverse legend looks more like DЄLLA PATЄR ° A, which is likely an unlisted variation (in Malloy, Metcalf or...
The good people at Time Team had an interesting episode in 2008 which touches on some ethical and practical aspects of detectoring and the...
If medievals are permitted, here is a dinero of Alfonso VI of Castile and Leon (1072-1109) from Toledo. Alfonso reconquered the old christian...
The Constantine II is particularly nice, maybe the best of the lot.
To me this assignment raises two very important questions: 1. What Asia Minor city was prominent enough to mint local/provincial coinage after...
To revive this thread, here is the tournois poitevin minted by Alphonse: [ATTACH] AR19mm 1.06g billon denier tournois (299/1000),...
They have had a very interesting selection of late Byzantines and Greek Frankokratia coinage this autumn. The coin in OP is the first I have...
This autumn, quite unexpectedly, a rather wild trachion appeared at an auction from a well-known German dealer: [ATTACH] AE24mm, 3.25g, copper...
There is a little AE naming Decentius as Augustus, perhaps a unique unofficial issue, that I have seen in 2014 from a French collector. Decentius...
And here is what I wrote in reply to Mat regarding this coin: This is very likely an immobilized type, which started with Hugo IX de Lusignan at...
To many more to come!
This was likely someone's beginner collection of ancients.
These guys were the first to invent the PC cooler. [ATTACH]
There is always need for more pairs of eyes focused on medievals.
The variation and general output of the baronial coinage in Berry is outstanding in the 11the to 13th centuries. You have plenty to pick and...
Thank you!
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