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   View Categories Home > Catalog > |Medieval & Modern Coins| > |Greece| > CR98083
Crusaders, Frankish Greece, Duchy of Athens, William or Minority of Guy I de La Roche, 1280 - 1294
|Greece|, |Crusaders,| |Frankish| |Greece,| |Duchy| |of| |Athens,| |William| |or| |Minority| |of| |Guy| |I| |de| |La| |Roche,| |1280| |-| |1294|,
This type was minted either under William de La Roche, 1280 - 1287, or during the minority of Guy I de La Roche, 1287 - 1294. William I de la Roche succeeded his brother, John I, as Duke of Athens in 1280. William reversed the territorial losses of his brother's reign, extending his control over Lamia and Gardiki. He married Helena Angelina Komnene, daughter of John I Doukas, ruler of Thessaly, securing a military alliance with him.Frankokratia_Map
CR98083. Billon denier tournois, Metcalf Crusades 1051, Malloy CCS p. 387, 89a, aVF, toned, porous, Thebes mint, weight 0.931g, maximum diameter 20.0mm, die axis 90o, c. 1280 - 1294; obverse +:G:DVX:ATENES:, cross pattée; reverse +:ThEBE:CIVIS:, castle tournois with closed corner circles, surmounted by cross; SOLD




  






REFERENCES

Price, M.J. & B. Trell. Coins and Their Cities: Architecture on the Ancient Coins of Greece, Rome, and Palestine. (London, 1977).

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