John and Alexius Asen (?) 1356 – 1366 AD

Trachy, Bulgaria circa 1356-1366 AD, Æ 19 mm, 1.70 g. MHP ΘV Full-length figure of Theotokos, nimbate, in orans, wearing tunic and maphorion; Star in bottom l. field. Rev. Full-length figures of John and Alexius Asen, bearded, wearing divitsion, loros, maniakion, and stemma with pendilia; Stars in a cloud above. Sear –. DO –. Bendall, “The Diokitirion Square Trachion Reconsidered”, in Nομισματικα Ξρονικα 21, pp. 107-110. Bendall, "An Enigmatic Fourteenth Century Coin," NumCirc vol. CIV.2, p. 39, 8.
Of the highest rarity. Dark green patina and very fine

Privately purchased on 12th July 1993.