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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;seth77, post: 4957060, member: 56653&quot;]A distinctly good style Florent d&#039;Avesnes-Hainaut as Prince of Achaea:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1191653[/ATTACH] </p><p>AR19x18mm, 0.81g, billon denier tournois, minted at Glarentza, cca. 1292/3-1297. </p><p>+ ꞏ FLORЄNS : P : ACh ꞏ; Cross pattee </p><p>+ DЄ ꞏ CLARЄNCIA *; chateau tournois </p><p>cf. Malloy 14, Metcalf XXXIX, 6-7; Saulcy XV, 2.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Notes:</b> This coin was minted in lower weight, as to align the Achaea deniers with the ones minted in Athens. Because the Achaean mints were possibly closed from 1282 (the Sicilian Vespers) up until 1291-2 (Malloy p. 353) or 1293 cf Tzamalis, these deniers were probably minted between 1292/3-1297. </p><p>By this time the city name begins to be spelled Clarencia, a departure from strictly Latin-sounding legends in an appeal to the Greek population. It is possible that only this series has a lower weight, probably to keep a parity to the deniers of Thebes and Athens.</p><p><br /></p><p>The triangular shape of the spire (Δ) in the design of the chateau tournois suggests the primary mint (Glarentza?) the regular DE CLARENCIA reverse legend instead of the D &#039; CLARENCIA and the privy marks inside the legends (the : and ꞏ positioned as stops) suggest an unlisted variation of Malloy 14.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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