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Offline Skolot

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Bulgaria, Constantine I Asen ?
« on: August 11, 2018, 04:55:49 pm »
Hello ! Please help me to identify this trachy. Is it Constantine I Asen ? Or a byzantine coin ?


Offline Quant.Geek

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Re: Bulgaria, Constantine I Asen ?
« Reply #1 on: October 19, 2018, 12:34:55 pm »
Bulgaria: Konstantin I Asen (1257-1277) Æ Trachy (Raduchev & Zhekov 1.4.3-6; Youroukova & Penchev-39; DOC-1)

Obv: IC XC in field; Bust of Christ, bearded and nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion; right hand raised in benediction, holds Gospels in left; ✝ on either side of Christ
Rev: КО/СТ/ АΔ /N Ц А/С/Ѣ/N in two columnar groups; Full-length figure of tsar, wearing stemma, divitision, paneled loros of traditional type, and sagion(?); holds in right hand labarum-headed scepter, and in left, globus cruciger

Nice coin BTW, let me know if you want to part with it  :tongue:

 

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