Kenchreai Archaeological Archive: Co 80 (Frankish Achaean denier of Matilda of Hainaut from Glarentza)

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Type: Inventoried Coin
Not after (date): 1321
Not before (date): 1316
Comment: JLR 2023: Coin not found and examined. Identified as in Kenchreai III. Lost in 1968 with Hassia?
Logical part of: Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
Typological identification: Coin
Published as: KenchreaiIII, p. 79, no. 1234 (R. Hohlfelder)
Axis (1-12): 9
Has denomination: Denier
Numismatic Authority: Mathilde de Hainaut (princess of Achaea, 1316-1321)
Numismatic Diameter (mm): 18.0
Numismatic Mint: Glarentza
Numismatic Weight (g): 0.89
Obverse Description: Cross with flaring arms within dotted border; name of ruler surrounding; within dotted border
Obverse Inscription: ✠ MAhAUTA P • AChⲈ
Reverse Description: Schema of Châtel tournois; to left and right, annulets; name of mint surrounding; within dotted border
Reverse Inscription: ✠ D′CLARENTIA; below schema, m
Belongs to Historical Period: Frankish (Historical Period)
Material: Billon (Material)
Has visual motif (depicts): Christian Cross (Visual Motif)
Suggested citation: “Co 80 (Frankish Achaean denier of Matilda of Hainaut from Glarentza).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0080>