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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Medieval & Modern Coins| > |Bulgaria| > ME26458
Bulgaria, Second Empire, Ivan Alexander and Mikhail Asen, 1331 - 1355 A.D.
|Bulgaria|, |Bulgaria,| |Second| |Empire,| |Ivan| |Alexander| |and| |Mikhail| |Asen,| |1331| |-| |1355| |A.D.|, Ivan Alexander met Byzantine and Serbian threats, and led economic recovery and a cultural renaissance. But later he was overwhelmed by Ottoman and Hungarian invasions, and the Black Death. In an ill-fated effort to combat these problems, he divided the country between his two sons. Bulgaria would face the imminent Ottoman conquest weakened and divided.
ME26458. Silver grosch, Radushev-Zhekov 1.13.3 (R2), Dimnik-Dobrinic 9.1.2, Choice EF, very nice for the type, Veliko Turnovo mint, weight 1.606g, maximum diameter 21.2mm, die axis 180o, 1331 - 1355 A.D.; obverse Christ standing facing in front of throne, nimbate, both hands raised in benediction, IC - XC (Greek abbreviation: IΗΣOúΣ XPIΣTOΣ - Jesus Christ) flanking nimbus, Alexander - Tsar monograms left and right below arms; reverse Ivan (on left) and Mikhail, his son, standing facing, each wears a stemma and holds cross scepter, both hold a staff between them topped with a banner, two stars lower inner fields, Alexander / Tsar monograms inner upper and outer lower left, pious Michael monograms inner upper and outer lower right; SOLD










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