Coat of ArmsThe Second Bulgarian Empire

Flat copper coins of despot Dobrotitsa, presumed Drastar mint, second type

Dobrotitsa
Dobrotitsa — copper — 1.16.3-4
Dobrotitsa — copper — 1.16.3-4
Metal
Copper
Mint
Drastar
Diameter
17, 18 mm
Weight
0.9, 1.2 g
Rarity
R9 — between 5 and 15 known

Obverse

Inscription, arranged horizontally in three lines: ДЕС/Т/ПО.

Reverse

Variant A. Monogram with ligature, composed of the letters I, W, T. Several dots in the field. Variant B. The image is as in Variant A, but on both sides of the letter W there is a multi-rayed star.

Reconstructions

Line drawings reconstructing the coin's design from the surviving specimens.

  • Dobrotitsa — 1.16.3-4
  • Dobrotitsa — 1.16.3-4
  • Dobrotitsa — 1.16.3-4

Also struck by Dobrotitsa

Coin photographs and reconstruction drawings from A. Radushev & G. Zhekov, Catalogue of Bulgarian Medieval Coins IX–XV c. (Agató, 1999).