1195 AD - 1215 AD

Asenid Tsars   Bulgaria
   България
Aspron Trachy AE 25
 SHH 1003

1003 Asenid Tsars Bulgaria Aspron Trachy AE

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Acquired
 2.67 g   23.1-26.7 mm   5:00   VF
Christ seated facing on throne without back, in left hand book of gospels;
on either side IC / XC with overbars and a star beneath.
The Virgin, nimbate, on right, crowns with right hand Manuel on left;
he holds labarum; [MANOYHΛ] / ΔECΠ[OT] to left and right.
Attributed to DO IV/1 type A imitative of Manuel I because of low weight.
Радушев & Жеков attribute such coins to Цар Калоян 1197-1207 AD.
DOC IV/1 1a, imitative of DOC IV/1 Manuel I 13f; BMC imitative of Manuel I 34/39;
Радушев, Жеков 1.1.2; Sear Byzantine imitative of Manuel I 1966
16.10.2004
Transferred to the Nikolai Ilieff collection, 15.8.2017