Flat copper coins, Tarnovo mint, second type
- Metal
- Copper
- Mint
- Tarnovo
- Found in Tarnovo
- 270 coins
Obverse
Large monogram composed of the abbreviation of the title царъ - ЧР. Above it, a ligature of various forms (p. 205).
Reverse
Variant A. Large monogram of the family name Шишманъ, composed of the letters Ш, Н, М and N, connected with the middle vertical stroke of Ш (p. 205). Variant B. The image is as in Variant A, but the letter Ш is taller, and N is connected to its right vertical stroke (p. 205). Variant C. The image is as in Variant A, but the letter Ш is taller, and М serves as a ligature and is not connected to the other letters (p. 205).
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
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Flat copper coins, additionally silvered (red aspron), Tarnovo mint, second type
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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).