Silver grosh (anonymous), first type
King Vukašin1365-1371
- Metal
- Silver
- Diameter
- 19 mm
- Weight
- 1.3 g
- Rarity
- R7 — between 70 and 200 known
Obverse
Jesus Christ, standing, in a mandorla of stars, standing on a subpendion decorated with pearls. Around the head of Christ is a nimbus with a cross inscribed. He is dressed in a chiton and sindon. With His right hand He blesses sideways, and in His left hand He holds the Gospel before His chest. In the field on both sides of the head are the initials ІС - ХС.
Reverse
Inscription in Cyrillic in four lines: ВЪХА/БГАБЛАГ/ОВЪРНН/КРАЛЬ (In Christ God faithful king).
Reconstructions
Line drawings reconstructing the coin's design from the surviving specimens.
Also struck by King Vukašin
Coin photographs and reconstruction drawings from A. Radushev & G. Zhekov, Catalogue of Bulgarian Medieval Coins IX–XV c. (Agató, 1999).