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1 Grosh - Mikhail II Asen and Irina
| Issuer | Second Bulgarian Empire |
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| Year | 1246-1257 |
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| Thickness | 0.9 mm |
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| Obverse script | Cyrillic |
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| Reverse script | Greek |
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Mikhail II Asen ruled as a minor under the regency of his mother Irina, a Nicaean princess whose family connections shaped Bulgarian foreign policy throughout this period. The joint naming on this issue reflects that regency arrangement directly — her authority was formal enough to warrant co-inscription on the coinage, an unusual concession in medieval Balkan numismatics.
Bulgaria's silver groš issues of this period draw heavily on Byzantine trachy conventions, a consequence of the empire's persistent cultural and economic orbit around Constantinople even after 1204.