Coat of ArmsThe Second Bulgarian Empire

Anonymous flat copper coins, Tarnovo mint, second type

Ivan Alexander1331-1371
Ivan Alexander — copper — 1.13.66-68
Ivan Alexander — copper — 1.13.66-68
Ivan Alexander — copper — 1.13.66-68
Ivan Alexander — copper — 1.13.66-68
Ivan Alexander — copper — 1.13.66-68
Ivan Alexander — copper — 1.13.66-68
Metal
Copper
Mint
Tarnovo

Obverse

Large equal-armed cross with expansion at the base, outlined with a contour. Above the transverse arm are the initials ІС - ХС, and below it - two six-pointed stars. In the center, a single dot. In some specimens, additional lines pass through the middle of the arms.

Reverse

Archangel Michael, full-length, with nimbus and outspread wings. He is dressed in a sticharion. In His right hand He holds a sword resting on the shoulder, and in His left hand - a globus cruciger. Above the head, the initials Х - М are sometimes placed.

Reconstructions

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

  • Ivan Alexander — 1.13.66-68
  • Ivan Alexander — 1.13.66-68

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).

Anonymous flat copper coins, Tarnovo mint, second type of Ivan Alexander — The Second Bulgarian Empire