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1 Grosh - Michael III Shishman

Issuer Second Bulgarian Empire
Year 1323-1330
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Weight 1.5 g
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Reverse description A crowned king mounted on horseback advancing to the right, holding a sceptre surmounted by a cross in his raised right hand; in the left field, the Cyrillic abbreviation МХ with an overbar denotes the ruler's name Michael; to the right of the king's head, the Cyrillic legend ЦАР rendered as a monogram followed by the ligature Ђ identifies his royal title as Tsar; the entire composition is enclosed within a border of dots. The equestrian portrait reflects the established iconographic conventions of Second Bulgarian Empire grosh coinage.
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Reverse lettering МХ ЦАР Ђ
(Translation: Michael Tsar)
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Mint Tarnovo
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