Coins and Antiquities Consignment Shop
  Welcome To Forum Ancient Coins!!! All Items Purchased From Forum Ancient Coins Are Guaranteed Authentic For Eternity!!! Please Call Us If You Have Questions 252-646-1958 or 252-497-2724 Expert Authentication - Accurate Descriptions - Reasonable Prices - Coins From Under $10 To Museum Quality Rarities Welcome To Forum Ancient Coins!!! All Items Purchased From Forum Ancient Coins Are Guaranteed Authentic For Eternity!!! Internet Challenged? We Are Happy To Take Your Order Over The Phone 252-646-1958 Explore Our Website And Find Joy In The History, Numismatics, Art, Mythology, And Geography Of Coins!!!

×Catalog Main Menu
Fine Coins Showcase

Antiquities Showcase
New & Reduced


Show Empty Categories
Shop Search
Shopping Cart
My FORVM
Contact Us
About Forum
Shopping at Forum
Our Guarantee
Payment Options
Shipping Options & Fees
Privacy & Security
Forum Staff
Selling Your Coins
Identifying Your Coin
FAQs
zoom.asp
   View Categories
Home ▸ Catalog ▸ |Byzantine Coins| ▸ |Latin Crusader Rule||View Options:  |  |  |   

Latin Rule, 12 April 1204 - 25 July 1261 A.D.

The Empire of Romania, more commonly known as the Latin Empire or Latin Empire of Constantinople, and known to the Byzantines as the Frankokratia or the Latin Occupation, was a feudal Crusader state founded by the leaders of the Fourth Crusade on lands captured from the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire. It was established after the capture of Constantinople in 1204 and lasted until 1261. The Latin Empire was intended to supplant the Byzantine Empire as the titular Roman Empire in the east, with a Western Roman Catholic emperor enthroned in place of the Eastern Orthodox Roman emperors. Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders, was crowned the first Latin emperor as Baldwin I on 16 May 1204. The Latin Empire failed to attain political or economic dominance over the other Latin powers, especially Venice, and after a short initial period of military successes it went into a steady decline. Weakened by constant warfare with the Bulgarians and the unconquered sections of the empire, it eventually fell when Byzantines recaptured Constantinople under Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos in 1261. The last Latin emperor, Baldwin II, went into exile, but the imperial title survived, with several pretenders to it, until the 14th century.Latin Empire Map

|Latin| |Crusader| |Rule|, |Byzantine| |Empire,| |Latin| |Crusader| |Rule,| |12| |April| |1204| |-| |25| |July| |1261| |A.D.||aspron| |trachy| |nomisma|
BZ18732. Billon aspron trachy nomisma, Metcalf Latin Imitative pl. 9, 39 (obv) / 40 (rev); SBCV 2054; CLBC I 11.22.3; DOC IV -; Hendy -; Sommer -, VF, scyphate, nice green patina, weight 1.337 g, maximum diameter 19.8 mm, die axis 180o, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, c. 1235 - 1245; obverse X - C / N - I, Cross potent on steps; reverse emperor standing facing, lance in right, globus cruciger in left; rare; SOLD


|Latin| |Crusader| |Rule|, |Byzantine| |Empire,| |Latin| |Crusader| |Rule,| |12| |April| |1204| |-| |25| |July| |1261| |A.D.||aspron| |trachy| |nomisma|
BZ19344. Billon aspron trachy nomisma, Metcalf Latin Imitative pl. 9, 39 - 40; SBCV 2054; CLBC I 11.22.3; DOC IV -; Hendy -; Sommer -, VF, scyphate, weight 1.176 g, maximum diameter 16.9 mm, die axis 180o, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, c. 1235 - 1245; obverse X - C / N - I, Cross potent on steps; reverse emperor standing facing, lance in right, globus cruciger in left; rare; SOLD


|Latin| |Crusader| |Rule|, |Byzantine| |Empire,| |Latin| |Crusader| |Rule,| |12| |April| |1204| |-| |25| |July| |1261| |A.D.||aspron| |trachy| |nomisma|
BZ36613. Billon aspron trachy nomisma, SBCV 2057; Malloy CCS 37; Hendy Thessalonica Type C small module, pl. 29, 16 - 18; Sommer 68.32, VF, scyphate, weight 0.918 g, maximum diameter 19.7 mm, die axis 180o, Thessalonica (Salonika, Greece) mint, c. 1215 - 1225; obverse Christ, nimbate, seated on throne with back, right raised, Gospels in left, cross right, IC - XC flanking Christ's head; reverse HΛΓIΛEΛENE ΘKOTΛNT (none visible), St. Helena (on left) and St. Constantine (on right) standing facing holding patriarchal cross on step between them, she holds jeweled scepter, he holds cruciform scepter; SOLD


|Latin| |Crusader| |Rule|, |Byzantine| |Empire,| |Latin| |Crusader| |Rule,| |12| |April| |1204| |-| |25| |July| |1261| |A.D.||aspron| |trachy| |nomisma|
After the Fourth Crusade in 1204, the crusader army sacked Constantinople. For 57 years Constantinople was ruled by Latin princes, until the city was recovered by the Byzantine Greeks in 1261. The Latins failed to take the entire empire and were resisted by the Byzantine Greek successor states, the Empire of Nicaea, the Empire of Trebizond and the Despotate of Epirus. Out of these three, the Nicaeans succeeded in displacing the Latin emperors in 1261 and restored the Byzantine Empire.
BZ98881. Billon aspron trachy nomisma, Lianta 73; DOC IV-2 18; SBCV 2038; CLBC I 11.17.1; Hendy type R, pl. 27, 6-7; Sommer 68.16, VF, scyphate, brown patina, overstruck on a clipped flan, off center, weight 3.232 g, maximum diameter 25.4 mm, die axis 180o, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, c. 1204 - 1261; obverse Christ seated facing on backless throne, bearded, nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion, right hand raised in benediction, Gospels in left hand, IC - XC (Greek abbreviation: IΗΣOúΣ XPIΣTOΣ - Jesus Christ) flanking above shoulders; reverse facing full length figure of the Virgin Orans, nimbate and wearing pallium and maphorium, MP - ΘV (Greek abbreviation: MΗTΗP ΘΕOY - Mother of God) flanking nimbus; first specimen of this type handled by FORVM; SOLD


|Latin| |Crusader| |Rule|, |Byzantine| |Empire,| |Latin| |Crusader| |Rule,| |12| |April| |1204| |-| |25| |July| |1261| |A.D.||aspron| |trachy| |nomisma|
BZ36569. Billon aspron trachy nomisma, Lianta 107; SBCV 2055; DOC IV, pt. 2, 24; Hendy, type A, pl. 28, 1 - 4; Sommer 68.30; CLBC I 11.23.1; Grierson 1262, gVF, scyphate, double struck, weight 2.716 g, maximum diameter 26.6 mm, die axis 180o, Thessalonica (Salonika, Greece) mint, c. 1210 - 1220; obverse IC - XC (Greek abbreviation: Jesus Christ), Christ seated facing on throne, nimbate, wearing tunic and kolobion, Gospels in left, stars above arms of throne; reverse half-length figure of the emperor, wearing stemma, divitsion, collar-piece, paneled loros and crown with pendilia, scepter cruciger in right, globus cruciger in left; SOLD


|Latin| |Crusader| |Rule|, |Byzantine| |Empire,| |Latin| |Crusader| |Rule,| |12| |April| |1204| |-| |25| |July| |1261| |A.D.||aspron| |trachy| |nomisma|
For 57 years after the crusader armies sacked the city, Constantinople was ruled by Latin princes.
BZ79711. Billon aspron trachy nomisma, SBCV 2048; DOC IV, pt. 2, 34; Hendy, type E, pl 29, 13 - 15; Sommer 68.25; CLBC I 11.24.3, gVF, scyphate, excellent bust of Jesus for the type, weight 1.667 g, maximum diameter 21.7 mm, die axis 180o, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, c. 1210 - 1220; obverse facing bust of Christ Emmanuel, bearded and nimbate, in tunic and kolobion, scroll in left; reverse emperor standing facing, wearing stemma, divitsion, and chlamys, labarum-headed scepter in right, globus cruciger in left; ex Forum (2008); SOLD


|Latin| |Crusader| |Rule|, |Byzantine| |Empire,| |Latin| |Crusader| |Rule,| |12| |April| |1204| |-| |25| |July| |1261| |A.D.||aspron| |trachy| |nomisma|
For 57 years after the crusader armies sacked the city, Constantinople was ruled by Latin princes. This interesting Latin imitation copies a rare type struck by the Byzantines of Nikaea.
BZ19643. Billon aspron trachy nomisma, SBCV 2050; DOC IV, pt. 2, 36b; Hendy, type G, pl. 29, 19 - 20; Sommer 68.27; Wolkow 369 ff., VF, scyphate, weight 1.721 g, maximum diameter 20.8 mm, die axis 180o, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, obverse nimbate Virgin enthroned facing, holding nimbate bust of Christ in her crossed arms, MP - ΘV (Greek abbreviation: Μητηρ Θεου; - Mother of God) across field; reverse Emperor Theodore, holding labarum, and St. Theodore, holding spear, together holding long scepter topped with a Patriarchal Cross; scarce with this quality of strike and preservation; SOLD


|Latin| |Crusader| |Rule|, |Byzantine| |Empire,| |Latin| |Crusader| |Rule,| |12| |April| |1204| |-| |25| |July| |1261| |A.D.||aspron| |trachy| |nomisma|
BZ36603. Billon aspron trachy nomisma, DOC IV-1 4; SBCV 2024 (clipped to small module); Hendy, type D, pl. 25, 14 - 15; CLBC I 11.4.1; Sommer 68.6, VF, scyphate, weight 1.404 g, maximum diameter 20.8 mm, die axis 180o, c. 1220 - 1230; obverse nimbate bust of Christ facing, scroll in left, IC - XC flanking nimubus; reverse MANOVHΛ ΔECΠOTHC, emperor standing facing, wearing stemma, divitision, loros and sagion, long cruciform scepter in right, globus cruciger in left; SOLD


|Latin| |Crusader| |Rule|, |Byzantine| |Empire,| |Latin| |Crusader| |Rule,| |12| |April| |1204| |-| |25| |July| |1261| |A.D.||aspron| |trachy| |nomisma|
For 57 years after the crusader armies sacked the city, Constantinople was ruled by Latin princes.
BZ19639. Billon aspron trachy nomisma, SBCV 2044; DOC IV, pt. 2, 30; CLBC I 11.1.3, Lianta 12; Sommer 68.21; Hendy type A (small module), pl. 29, 1, VF, scyphate, weight 1.998 g, maximum diameter 26.3 mm, die axis 180o, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, c. 1215 - 1240; obverse the Virgin facing, nimbate, holds nimbate head of Christ on breast, MP - ΘV (Greek abbreviation: Μητηρ Θεου; - Mother of God) across field; reverse emperor standing facing, labarum in right, akakia in left; SOLD


|Latin| |Crusader| |Rule|, |Byzantine| |Empire,| |Latin| |Crusader| |Rule,| |12| |April| |1204| |-| |25| |July| |1261| |A.D.||aspron| |trachy| |nomisma|
For 57 years after the crusader armies sacked the city, Constantinople was ruled by Latin princes. This coin is from the Balkan Hoard published in Un Trésor Balkanique de Monnaies Byzantines Et Latines Du XIIIème Siècle by Céderic Wolkow. The face of the emperor on the reverse of this coin is enlarged on page 90.
BZ84804. Billon aspron trachy nomisma, Wolkow type A, 1.2, 62 (this coin); SBCV 2044; CLBC I 11.1.3, Lianta 12; Sommer 68.21; DOC IV pl. LII, 30; Hendy type A (small module), pl. 29, 1, VF, scyphate, green patina, highlighting earthen deposits, obverse not fully struck, tiny flan crack, light cleaning scratches, weight 0.720 g, maximum diameter 20.4 mm, die axis 180o, Constantinople (Istanbul, Turkey) mint, c. 1215 - 1240; obverse MP - ΘY, the Virgin seated facing, nimbate, holds the nimbate head of infant Christ on her breast with both hands, wearing tunic and maphorion; reverse emperor standing facing, long scepter or labarum in right hand, akakia in left hand, wearing stemma, divitision, collar-piece, and chlamys; SOLD




  




You are viewing a SOLD items page.
Click here to return to the page with AVAILABLE items.
The sale price for a sold item is the private information of the buyer and will not be provided.



EMPERORS OF THE LATIN EMPIRE OF CONSTANTINOPLE

1204 - 1205..... BALDWIN I
1206 - 1216..... HENRY
1216 - 1217..... PETER
1217 - 1219..... YOLANDA (REGENT)
1219 - 1228..... ROBERT I
1228 - 1237..... JOHN OF BRIENNE (REGENT)
1237 - 1261..... BALDWIN II


REFERENCES|

Bates, G. Archaeological Exploration of Sardis: Byzantine Coins. Sardis Monograph 1. (Cambridge, 1971).
Bellinger, A. Catalogue of the Byzantine Coins in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection and in the Whittemore Collection, Vol. IV, Part 2: The Emperors of Nicaea and Their Contemporaries (1204 - 1261). (Washington D.C., 1966).
Grierson, P. Byzantine Coins. (London, 1982).
Hendy, M. Coinage and Money in the Byzantine Empire 1081-1261. (Washington D.C., 1969).
Lianta, E. Late Byzantine Coins, 1204 - 1453, in the Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford. (London, 2009).
Marchev, V. & R. Wachter. Catalogue of the Late Byzantine Coins, Vol. I, 1082 - 1261 AD. (Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria, 2011).
Morrisson, C. Catalogue des Monnaies Byzantines de la Bibliothèque Nationale. (Paris, 1970).
Sabatier, J. Description générale des monnaies Byzantines. (Paris, 1863).
Sear, D. Byzantine Coins and Their Values. (London, 1987).
Sommer, A. Die Münzen des Byzantinischen Reiches 491-1453. Mit einem Anhang: Die Münzen des Kaiserreichs von Trapezunt. (Regenstauf, 2010).
Ratto, R. Monnaies Byzantines et d'autre Pays contemporaines à l'époque byzantine. (Lugano, 1930).
Tolstoi, I. Monnaies byzantines. (St. Petersburg, 1913 - 14).
Wolkow, C. Un Trésor Balkanique de Monnaies Byzantines Et Latines Du XIIIème Siècle. (Bruxelles, 2016).
Wroth, W. Catalogue of the Imperial Byzantine Coins in the British Museum. (London, 1908).

Catalog current as of Friday, April 19, 2024.
Page created in 1.187 seconds.
All coins are guaranteed for eternity