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<p>[QUOTE="seth77, post: 3925076, member: 56653"]Your second specimen from Jacobowitz collection is what Tzamalis calls the "secondary mint" opened by Guy II very likely after coming of age and starting his own rule in 1294. On the strength of the distribution of the type and the fact that it's not present in the Xerochorion hoard, and not least on the shape of the middle spire of the chateau, he differentiates between the linear evolution of the Thebes mint types from 1285 onwards and the new type introduced after 1292/3 (Xerochorion) -- likely in 1294 at a new "secondary mint" -- very likely Athens.</p><p><br /></p><p>You can follow the differences that Tzamalis refers to here:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1034604[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Fig. 71 - The "primary mint" of Thebes and the evolution of the types from the very early experimental types GR101 and GR102 of 1285/6 for Guillaume de la Roche to the late experimentals of Guillaume GR103, the early and experimental GVIOT type for Guy II (GR104) in his early minority in 1287 to the immobilized type of Guillaume of cca. 1287-1288 under Helena Angelina (GR105)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1034614[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Fig. 72 - The "secondary" mint that Tzamalis identifies with Athens and that starts its output around 1294 with a new design for the chateau.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your Jacobowitz coin is part of this corpus, which by 1300 became as abundant as the output of the regular tournois of Thebes, with the simplified spire.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is an early issue, possibly the first, from the mint at Athens in 1294, struck on larger and heavier flans. This one is 1.55g at 21x20mm. Type is cf. Tzamalis GR201, with unrecorded privy marks:</p><p><br /></p><p> [ATTACH=full]1034627[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>There were other specimens of similar appearance, fabric and weight offered by Lanz around this same time, in the summer of 2018, so this is not an one-off example or just a "test strike" but rather part of an actual issue.</p><p><br /></p><p>I haven't seen other examples afterwards, so I think that it was a very limited issue before the new "secondary mint" got up to speed.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="seth77, post: 3925076, member: 56653"]Your second specimen from Jacobowitz collection is what Tzamalis calls the "secondary mint" opened by Guy II very likely after coming of age and starting his own rule in 1294. On the strength of the distribution of the type and the fact that it's not present in the Xerochorion hoard, and not least on the shape of the middle spire of the chateau, he differentiates between the linear evolution of the Thebes mint types from 1285 onwards and the new type introduced after 1292/3 (Xerochorion) -- likely in 1294 at a new "secondary mint" -- very likely Athens. You can follow the differences that Tzamalis refers to here: [ATTACH=full]1034604[/ATTACH] Fig. 71 - The "primary mint" of Thebes and the evolution of the types from the very early experimental types GR101 and GR102 of 1285/6 for Guillaume de la Roche to the late experimentals of Guillaume GR103, the early and experimental GVIOT type for Guy II (GR104) in his early minority in 1287 to the immobilized type of Guillaume of cca. 1287-1288 under Helena Angelina (GR105) [ATTACH=full]1034614[/ATTACH] Fig. 72 - The "secondary" mint that Tzamalis identifies with Athens and that starts its output around 1294 with a new design for the chateau. Your Jacobowitz coin is part of this corpus, which by 1300 became as abundant as the output of the regular tournois of Thebes, with the simplified spire. Here is an early issue, possibly the first, from the mint at Athens in 1294, struck on larger and heavier flans. This one is 1.55g at 21x20mm. Type is cf. Tzamalis GR201, with unrecorded privy marks: [ATTACH=full]1034627[/ATTACH] There were other specimens of similar appearance, fabric and weight offered by Lanz around this same time, in the summer of 2018, so this is not an one-off example or just a "test strike" but rather part of an actual issue. I haven't seen other examples afterwards, so I think that it was a very limited issue before the new "secondary mint" got up to speed.[/QUOTE]
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