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Aspron Trachy Hendy Type D
| Issuer | Latin Empire of Constantinople |
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| Year | 1204-1219 |
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| Technique | Hammered |
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| Obverse lettering | IC XC |
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| Reverse lettering | MANOVHA Δ ECΠOTHC |
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The Latin Empire's coinage was not a deliberate monetary program — it was improvisation. After the Fourth Crusade sacked Constantinople in 1204, the Frankish and Venetian occupiers inherited a Byzantine monetary system they barely understood and kept striking debased trachea largely because the infrastructure was already there. Hendy's Type D represents one of the earliest attempts to maintain Byzantine monetary forms under entirely alien administration.
The billon content was already in steep decline before the Latins arrived, a debasement trend the new rulers did nothing to reverse.