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Anonymous Issue (attributed to John Comnenus Ducas), Billon Small Module Trachy, c.1242-1246,
Empire of Thessalonica
(No legend)
Fleur-de-lis
(No legend)
Patriarchal cross, pellet after each end, open circle in
lower left field
13mm x 16mm, 0.57g
SB --; DOC IV --; Penchev 978-985, p.52
Note: Missing from both Sear Byzantine and Dumbarton Oaks. Also, no
examples in the LHS 97 sale of the Protonotarios Collection of Late
Byzantine coins. Michael Braunlin provided the Penchev reference from
"A hoard of copper (billon) scyphati from the first half of the 13th
century found near Petrich", published by Agato in Sofia in
2003.
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