Flat copper coins, additionally silvered (red aspron), Tarnovo mint, second type
Ivan Shishman1371-1395
- Metal
- Copper
- Mint
- Tarnovo
- Diameter
- 17/ 18 mm
- Weight
- 1.2/ 1.1 g
- Rarity
- R2 — over 5,000 known
Obverse
Lion facing left, standing on its hind legs. In the field on most specimens - two groups of three dots each.
Reverse
Large monogram of the family name Shishmanъ - ШР (or one of the variants indicated in the table on p. 205), composed of the letters Ш and Р connected by a ligature. Sometimes below a group of three dots.
Reconstructions
Line drawings reconstructing the coin's design from the surviving specimens.
Also struck by Ivan Shishman
Coronation silver grosh, Tarnovo mint
Silver groshes, Tarnovo mint, first type (with Tsar Ioan Alexander)
Silver groshes, Tarnovo mint, second type
Silver grosh, Tarnovo mint, third type
Flat copper coins, additionally silvered (red aspron), Tarnovo mint, first type
Copper coin, Tarnovo mint, first model elite die
Flat copper coins, Tarnovo mint, second type
Flat copper coins, Tarnovo mint, third type
Silver coin, grosh-akche, associated with the fall of Tarnovo
Coin photographs and reconstruction drawings from A. Radushev & G. Zhekov, Catalogue of Bulgarian Medieval Coins IX–XV c. (Agató, 1999).