Silver grosh, Tarnovo mint — 19 mm · 1.8 g

Michael III Shishman Asen — silver — 1.11.11

Metal: Silver
Mint: Tarnovo
Diameter: 19 mm
Weight: 1.8 g
Rarity: R7 — between 70 and 200 known

Obverse

Jesus Christ, seated on a throne with a high himation, with beard and moustache, with a nimbus around His head, in which a cross is inscribed. He is clothed in a chiton and sindon. In His left hand He holds the Gospel, and with His right hand He blesses sideways. Below it an officina mark - a dot. In the field on both sides of the head are the initials ІС - ХС.

Reverse

Tsar Michael Shishman on a horse walking to the right, with a stemma with long pendilia. The Tsar has beard and moustache. He is dressed in sakkos and maniakion, richly decorated with large pearls. The ends of the loros are draped over the knees. In His right hand He holds a sceptre topped with a cross, and in His left the reins of the horse. On both sides of the figure is an inscription: to the left the monogram of the name Michael - МХ, and to the right the abbreviation of the title царъ - Ц, followed by the letter Б (Bulgarian?).