Copper coins, Vidin mint, third type
Ivan Sratsimir1356-1396
- Metal
- Copper
- Mint
- Vidin
- Diameter
- 18; 17 mm
- Weight
- 1.1; 1.0 g
- Rarity
- R4 — over 1,300 known
- Found in Tarnovo
- 33 coins
Obverse
Bust-length depiction of Jesus Christ with long hair, beard, and mustache. Around His head is a nimbus inscribed with a cross. He is dressed in a chiton and sindon. With both His hands raised to the sides, He blesses. In the fields beside the head are the initials ІС - ХС.
Reverse
Large monogram of the name Ioan Sрацимир and the title цар - ЧРЪ Ъ ЦР, composed of the letters ЧРЪ ІѠ СРАЧМИР, arranged around the central axis.
Reconstructions
Line drawings reconstructing the coin's design from the surviving specimens.
Also struck by Ivan Sratsimir
Silver grosh, Vidin mint, first type
Silver groshes, Vidin mint, second type
Reduced silver groshes, Vidin mint, third type
Flat copper coins, presumed Vidin mint, first type
Copper coin, Vidin mint, second type
Copper coin, Vidin mint, fourth type
Billon coin, Vidin mint, fifth type
Copper coin, Vidin mint, sixth type
Flat copper coins, Vidin mint, seventh type
Copper coins, Vidin mint, eighth type
Flat copper coins, Vidin mint, ninth type
Coin photographs and reconstruction drawings from A. Radushev & G. Zhekov, Catalogue of Bulgarian Medieval Coins IX–XV c. (Agató, 1999).