Andronikos III Palaiologos, Copper, Assarion, Thessalonike, 1328-1341
Obverse
Three-quarter-length figure of St. Demetrios with spear and shield. Γ|O| in left field and Δ|H|T in right field.
Reverse
Andronikos III Palaiologos standing and holding two patriarchal crosses.
Obverse
Three-quarter-length figure of St. Demetrios with spear and shield. Γ|O| in left field and Δ|H|T in right field.
Reverse
Andronikos III Palaiologos standing and holding two patriarchal crosses.
| Accession number | BZC.2007.6.43 |
|---|---|
| Catalogue ID | as DOC 5.2: plate 51, no. 927 |
| Ruler | Andronikos III Palaiologos |
| Date of Reign | 1328–1341 |
| Metal | Copper |
| Denomination | Assarion |
| Mint | Thessalonike |
| Date | 1328 – 1341 |
| Diameter | 13.0 mm |
| Weight | 1.2 g |
| Relation of Dies | 5:00 |
| Shape | Flat |
Acquisition History
From S. Bendall, 19 July 2007. From Longuet’s “Salonica Hoard.”
Commentary
J. Shea accepts S. Bendall’s arguments (“An Early Fourteenth-Century Hoard of Thessalonican Trachea,” 263, 271–72; and “Palaeologan Notes,” 303) that the two coins cited together by Grierson in DOC 5:2 belong to different reigns: no. 927 to Andronikos III, and no. 928 to Andronikos II.
This coin is almost flat, and therefore stands at the end of the transition from coins struck on slightly cup-shaped flans to flat ones.
LPC 236, no. 6.
H. Longuet, “Une trouvaille de monnaies des Paléologues,” no. 14f.
S. Bendall, “Longuet’s Salonica Hoard Re-Examined,” no. 17F.
J. Shea, “Longuet’s ‘Salonica Hoard’ and the Mint of Thessalonike in the Mid-Fourteenth Century,” 325, no. 44 (type P).