Silver groshes, Tarnovo mint, second type
Ivan Shishman1371-1395
- Metal
- Silver
- Mint
- Tarnovo
Obverse
Bust of St. Theotokos (She who is wider than the heavens) with a beaded nimbus, holding Jesus Christ in Her lap. Around Christ's head is a nimbus inscribed with a cross. With both hands raised high, the Theotokos blesses.
Reverse
In the field on both sides are the initials M - F, and below them ІС - ХС.
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 grosh, Tarnovo mint, third type
Flat copper coins, additionally silvered (red aspron), Tarnovo mint, first type
Flat copper coins, additionally silvered (red aspron), Tarnovo mint, second 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).