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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;seth77, post: 7934569, member: 56653&quot;]Finally a large(er) module of this type. Malloy, following Hendy, only notes the large module, which is certainly the rarest of the two.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1372379[/ATTACH]</p><p>AE24x18mm, 2.18g</p><p>[H AΓΙOCOPICITA]; Full-length figure of Virgin Hagiosoritissa nimbate, orans;</p><p>manus Dei in upper right field.</p><p>[O AΓIOC ΠΕTPOC O AΓIOC ΠAYΛΟC]; Full-length figure of St. Peter on left and</p><p>St. Paul on right, nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion, embracing each other.</p><p>S2040/2051, Malloy 20, Hendy type T.</p><p><br /></p><p>As this type appears mostly in small module, as a coin minted by the &#039;Venetians&#039; for usage in Bulgarian territories (according to Hendy, a theory that is still debated -- DOC 4 pp. 670-2 vs Baker pp. 1227-9 which prefers the dual mints in Constantinople, the &#039;Imperial mint&#039; minting on the larger standard and the &#039;Public mint&#039; minting for commercial interests, including the &#039;Venetian&#039; private interests), it is most likely dating, considering the hoard informations and the <a href="http://glebecoins.net/paleos/Articles/Sequencing_the_Latin_Types/sequencing_the_latin_types.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://glebecoins.net/paleos/Articles/Sequencing_the_Latin_Types/sequencing_the_latin_types.html" rel="nofollow">sequence</a> of trachea by Ross Glanfield, to the mid to late 1230s, not later then 1241, when the Bulgarian Empire collapsed under the Tatar invasion. Malloy dates this type and Type S to 1243-1248 or earlier, a possibility for this larger module that was employed for usage in Constantinople by the &#039;Imperial mint&#039; under Latin administration.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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