1 Denier of Charles I or II from Clarentza Artist: Unknown
Mint: Taranto
Ruler: Charles I or II(?), King of Sicily, 1278–1285 or 1285-1289
Ruler: William II Prince of Achaia(?), 1211–1278

1278–89

Numismatics

By appointment, Pratt Study Room
Medium

Billon

Dimensions

0.83 g, 12:00, 18.5 mm

Credit Line

Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001

Accession Number

2001.87.24513

Geography

Made in Clarentza, Greece

Culture

Frankish Greece

Period

13th century

Classification

Numismatics

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Numismatics

Numismatics Reference Number

Metcalf, Coinage of the Latin East, KA101; D. M. Metcalf, 'The Currency of "Denier Tournois" in Frankish Greece,' Annual of the British School at Athens 55 (1960), pp38-59 (esp. pp47, 58-9)

Obverse Description

Obverse Description: .+.K.R.PRINC'ACH, Cross, Stops are single pellets

Reverse Description

Reverse Description: .+.DE.CLARENTIA, Chatel Tournois, Stops are double Xs
Provenance
Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., by 2001; transferred to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2001
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

coins, deniers, money

Signed

J. MUDIE
BRENET

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