Lightly scyphate copper coin, Tarnovo mint, fourth type

Ivan Alexander — copper — 1.13.14
Ivan Alexander — copper — 1.13.14
Metal
Copper
Mint
Tarnovo
Diameter
19 mm
Weight
1.2 g
Rarity
R7between 70 and 200 known

Obverse

Large even cross with arc-shaped expansions at the ends of the arms, ending with beads. At the bottom, the cross is additionally decorated with symmetrically arranged acanthus leaves. No inscription.

Reverse

Tsar Ioan Asen, standing, full-length, with stemma with pendilia. He is dressed in divitision and maniakion. Across his chest is draped a loros, whose end hangs over His left hand. In His right hand He holds a sceptre with a cross with a short handle, and in His left - anexikakia. To the left of the figure is the monogram IW, and to the right the abbreviation of the title царѫ.

Reconstructions

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

  • Ivan Alexander — 1.13.14
  • Ivan Alexander — 1.13.14

Also struck by Ivan Alexander

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