Copper scyphate coin, unlocalised mint, second type
Jacob Svetoslav1263-1275
- Metal
- Copper
- Diameter
- 24 mm
- Weight
- 2.0 g
- Rarity
- R9 — between 5 and 15 known
Obverse
Half-length image of St. Demetrius with a nimbus around his head. Both His hands are raised in prayer upwards. Explanatory inscription: СВ - ДТ.
Reverse
The ruler, standing, with a stemma with pendilia. The despot has a rounded beard and no moustache. He is dressed in divitision and maniakion. In His right hand He holds a sword resting on the shoulder, and in His left hand a shield. On both sides of the figure there is a circular inscription: Є С - С В.
Reconstructions
Line drawings reconstructing the coin's design from the surviving specimens.
Also struck by Jacob Svetoslav
Coin photographs and reconstruction drawings from A. Radushev & G. Zhekov, Catalogue of Bulgarian Medieval Coins IX–XV c. (Agató, 1999).