Copper scyphate coins, Tarnovo mint, tenth type
- Metal
- Copper
- Mint
- Tarnovo
Obverse
Half-length depiction of Jesus Christ Pantokrator (Almighty) with beard, with a nimbus around the head, in which a cross is inscribed. He is dressed in chiton and sindon. In His left hand He holds an open Gospel, and with His right hand He blesses sideways. In the field on both sides of the head are the initials ІС - ХС. Below the image are two polygonal stars.
Reverse
Variant A. Tsar Konstantin Asen, standing full-length, with stemma with pendilia. The ruler has a rounded beard and mustache. He is dressed in divitision and maniakion. Over his left arm, holding anexikakia, is draped the end of the loros. With his right hand he holds high a sceptre ending with a cross, which is inscribed in a circle. Inscription: К/ОС/ТА/Н/Д - Ϥ/АС/(҂Б)/Н. In the fields at various places are scattered several stars. Variant B. The depiction is as in Variant A, but the inscription lacks the family name АСЪНЬ and the abbreviation of the title цар - Ϥ.
Reconstructions
Line drawings reconstructing the coin's design from the surviving specimens.
Also struck by Constantine Tih Asen
Copper scyphate coin, Tarnovo mint, first type (without family name)
Copper scyphate coin, Tarnovo mint, second type (without family name)
Copper scyphate coin, Tarnovo mint, third type (without family name)
Copper scyphate coins, Tarnovo mint, fourth type (with family name Asen)
Copper scyphate coin, Tarnovo mint, fifth type (with family name Asen)
Copper scyphate coin, Tarnovo mint, sixth type
Copper scyphate coins, Tarnovo mint, seventh type
Copper scyphate coin, Tarnovo mint, eighth type
Copper scyphate coin, Tarnovo mint, ninth type
Copper scyphate coin, Tarnovo mint, eleventh type
Coin photographs and reconstruction drawings from A. Radushev & G. Zhekov, Catalogue of Bulgarian Medieval Coins IX–XV c. (Agató, 1999).