Looks Byz. w/ Double-headed eagle?? Help pls...

[newone]

AE19 and VERY thin - only .6g. Figure holding cross w/ star(?) at lower left. Reverse looks like a double-headed eagle. I checked most of the major Byz. emperors but came up empty. Any ideas on this interesting one?? Thanks...

[lv88]

Looks medieval Sicilian to me.

Regards,
Levon

[Orthodoxcoins]

Hi Newone!

It will be very funy to find this coin in byzantine catalogue!  
Because shi is Bulgarian.

Tcar Ioan Sratcimir. 1356 - 1396. Copper.  d. 16-19; wt. 0.50-0.80
Vidin. 1370s.
 
Obverse: Double-headed eagle, with wings speared. On each head, triple peak crown. Between heads - radiant star. Variants: no crowns; three pellets between heads.

Reverse: Monogram TCAR on r. field. Tcar standing facing, wearing stema, sakos and loros. In r. hand holding sceptre, in l. hand holding the end of the loros. Variants: radiant star on l. field; cyrilic Monogram CP /SR/ on l. field.

Very rare coin! Congrats!

[newone]

Thank you!! I know nothing about Bulgarian coins! I thought Byzantine because of the dots on the front of the figure and it's holding a cross. Very rare!! That's good...it's my first Bulgarian coin.
Would it be considered a Medieval coin?

[Plami]

Orthodoxcoins is right - good call, I actually have several of those coins.  Yes they are medieval.

[newone]

Thanks Plami -- Ya' want another one?? Just kiddin' - It will go in the oddities section of my book.  :-)

[Orthodoxcoins]

Don't kidding!!! 
5 years ago I said "Enough fakes! Enough counterfeits! Enough Roman and Greek "coins"!!!
Now I'm happy to have small , but authentic medieval collection!