Furryfrog02 Posted November 13, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted November 13, 2022 Good Evening All, To start off, I am not even 100% sure this coin is medieval....now with THAT out of the way...I saw this coin the other day being sold as an unidentified Byzantine coin and really liked the cross with the pellets and the whatever you want to call them coming from the center. The other side was interesting as well. Not something I've ever seen. I thought maybe it was something from the Latin rule of Byzantium or something else. Maybe medieval or some sort of Arab imitation? I'm not sure. Since winning the auction, I have been scouring the interwebs trying to find a match but have had no luck. Can those of you with much bigger brains than me please help me out? I am really intrigued as to what the non-cross side is supposed to be. Thanks in advance! Coin in question is 20.32mm and 1.26g. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamnaskires Posted November 13, 2022 · Member Share Posted November 13, 2022 (edited) Maybe Bulgaria, Second Empire? Some to consider: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=saltire+cross+ae+bulgaria&category=1-2&lot=&date_from=&date_to=&thesaurus=1&images=1&en=1&de=1&fr=1&it=1&es=1&ot=1¤cy=usd&order=0 Edited November 13, 2022 by Kamnaskires 2 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furryfrog02 Posted November 13, 2022 · Supporter Author Share Posted November 13, 2022 11 minutes ago, Kamnaskires said: Maybe Bulgaria, Second Empire? Some to consider: https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?term=saltire+cross+ae+bulgaria&category=1-2&lot=&date_from=&date_to=&thesaurus=1&images=1&en=1&de=1&fr=1&it=1&es=1&ot=1¤cy=usd&order=0 Dang! you are amazing! My hat's off to you, good sir! 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furryfrog02 Posted November 13, 2022 · Supporter Author Share Posted November 13, 2022 The wiki page for Ivan Shishman is an interesting read. It even has a graphic of his monograms. What now makes this coin even more cool, is that I have a coin of his half brother, Ivan Stratismir. Brothers finally reunited in coin form some, 650 years later 🙂 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edessa Posted November 13, 2022 · Supporter Share Posted November 13, 2022 Bulgarian Kingdom. Ivan Shishman, AD 1371-1395. AR Half-Grosh (15mm, 0.59g, 6h). Tarnovo mint. Obv: M - Θ in field; Half bust of the Virgin orans, with figure of nimbate infant Christ to her breast, raising both hands. Rev: Half figure of emperor, holding cross-tipped sceptre; symbols around. Ref: Dochev 4440. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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