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ID number: BIRBI-CR051 Object type: Coin
Institution: The Barber Institute of Fine Arts Named collection: P. D. Whitting Collection Collector: Whitting, Philip D. Maker: after Guy II de la Roche; after Thebes Denomination: Denier tournois Place made: Athens Culture: Medieval Date made: 1370-1430 Metal: Copper Diameter (cm): 1.90 Weight (g): 1.23 Provenance: Whitting 3748. |

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Description: Obverse: cross pattée with central pellet, in circle with legend around. Reverse: Châtel Tournois, three pellets in field around, all in circle with legend around.
Inscriptions: Obverse: + GUI […]NIS (Guy Duke of Athens). Reverse: […] ThEB[…] CIV[…] (Of the Theban city).
Bibliography: CCS p. 391 no. 107
Notes: Imitation of Guy II de la Roche; Whitting thought this coin Catalan but authors of CCS argue enough of these coins survive to suggest their regular issue in the decades around 1400.
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