Silver groshes, third type
King Vukašin1365-1371
- Metal
- Silver
- Diameter
- 19 mm
- Weight
- 1.3 g
- Rarity
- R6 — between 200 and 600 known
Obverse
Jesus Christ, seated on a throne with a high rectangular cloak decorated with pearls. Around His head is a nimbus containing a cross. He is dressed in a chiton and sindon. With His right hand He blesses before His chest, and in His left hand He holds a Gospel. On both sides of the head are the initials ІС - ХС. In the fields, ornament or additional officina marks with и п.
Reverse
Inscription in Cyrillic in five lines: ВЪЛХ/ВГАБЛАГО/ВЪТРНН/КРАЛЪВЪ/КАШИНЪ (In Christ God faithful king Vulkashin).
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).