- Co 767 (Medieval denier of the Duchy of Burgundy from Dijon) [permalink] [show more links]
- Type
- Inventoried Coin
- Not after (date)
- 1272
- Not before (date)
- 1162
- Comment
- JLR: Burgundian coins are relatively common as stray finds and in hoards across the Latin East. They occur frequently at Crusader centers such as Caesarea and Acre as well as in the wider region, though, apart from the Samos hoard (DuplessyMetcalf1962), rarely in Greece.
- Logical part of
- Chicago/Indiana/Vanderbilt Excavations Inventoried Coins
- Typological identification
- Coin
- Comparanda
- Metcalf1995, pp. 173-174, pl. 22:574-575 (Bourgogne under ducs Hugh III, Eudes III, or Hugh IV)
- Preservation comment
- Wear: VG. Edges nicked slightly; extensive, slight, minute pitting; sparse delamination in small flakes; dense, shallow striations from vigorous mechanical cleaning on both faces. Clouds of greenish brown corrosion or patina?
- Published as
- KenchreaiIII, p. 80, no. 1250 (R. Hohlfelder identified as “Uncertain, Venetian (Billon)“)
- Axis (1-12)
- 3
- Has denomination
- Denier
- Numismatic Authority
- Duchy of Burgundy (918-1482)
- Numismatic Diameter (mm)
- 18.0
- Numismatic Mint
- Dijon
- Numismatic Weight (g)
- 0.71
- Obverse Description
- Traces of double crozier, pellet above and annulet below; within band border
- Obverse Inscription
- [✠ VGO] DVX BUR[G⋮DIE]
- Reverse Description
- Cross with flaring arms and pellets in quadrants within circle; within dotted(?) border
- Reverse Inscription
- ✠ DI[VIONEN]SIS
- Belongs to Historical Period
- Frankish (Historical Period)
- Material
- Billon (Material)
- Has visual motif (depicts)
- Christian Cross (Visual Motif)
- Obverse Photograph
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- Reverse Photograph
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“Co 767 (Medieval denier of the Duchy of Burgundy from Dijon).” In Kenchreai Archaeological Archive, edited by J.L. Rife and S. Heath. The American Excavations at Kenchreai, 2013-2024. <http://kenchreai.org/ke/co0767>
