Coat of ArmsThe Second Bulgarian Empire

Copper scyphate coins, presumed Cherven mint, eighth type

Ivan Alexander1331-1371
Ivan Alexander — copper — 1.13.56-59
Ivan Alexander — copper — 1.13.56-59
Ivan Alexander — copper — 1.13.56-59
Ivan Alexander — copper — 1.13.56-59
Ivan Alexander — copper — 1.13.56-59
Ivan Alexander — copper — 1.13.56-59
Ivan Alexander — copper — 1.13.56-59
Ivan Alexander — copper — 1.13.56-59
Metal
Copper
Mint
Cherven

Obverse

Variant A. Monogram Ѯ and the abbreviation of the title царѫ - Ѱ. The depiction is similar to 1.13.23-29. Variant B. The depiction is as in Variant A, but the abbreviation of the title царѫ is in negative - Ѱ.

Reverse

Primitive depictions of Tsar Ioan Alexander and Tsaritsa Theodora (?), standing, full-length, wearing divitision and maniakion and loros, holding between them a cross with a long handle, sometimes without horizontal arms. The Tsar and Tsaritsa have identical stemmata with pendilia and hold sceptres with crosses in their outer hands. The coins are without inscriptions.

Reconstructions

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

  • Ivan Alexander — 1.13.56-59
  • Ivan Alexander — 1.13.56-59

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).