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Crusaders, Frankish Greece, Principality of Achaea, Philip I of Taranto, 1307 - 1313
| In 1306 Charles II of Naples gave his son Philip I of Taranto the title "Despot of Romania." Romania referred to Frankish lands previously ruled by the Byzantine Empire (the Romans), including: Albania, Corfu, the Principality of Achaia, the Duchy of Athens, the Duchy of the Archipelago, and the Despotate of Epirus. Coins were struck for Philip with this title at Lepanto (Naupaktos), in Epirus, across the Gulf of Corinth from Patras. In 1313, Philip abandoned his claim to Epirus and claimed the defunct Latin Empire of Constantinople instead as the inheritance of his wife Catherine II of Valois, Princess of Achaea. |  |
CR88489. Billon denier tournois, Malloy CCS p. 364, 26b; Metcalf Crusades PT2, VF, toned, unusual letter forms, variable letter sizes, poor workmanship (as Metcalf notes is usual for this type), small edge splits, Clarentza mint, weight 0.779g, maximum diameter 19.5mm, die axis 180o, 1307 - 1313; obverse + •Ph'S•P•ACh'•TAR•D R (Philippus princeps Achaie, Taranti, despotus Romanie, S retrograde), cross pattée within inner border; reverse D'•CLARENCIA•, castle tournois surmounted by cross dividing legend, surmounted by cross; from the Louis G Estate; SOLD
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