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Cupreous - Ivan Alexander / Mikhail
| Issuer | Second Bulgarian Empire |
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| Year | 1331-1355 |
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| Value | Follis (Cupreous) |
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| Obverse script | Cyrillic |
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| Reverse description | Two standing figures depicted in frontal orientation, representing Tsar Ivan Alexander and his co-ruler son Mikhail Asen, rendered in the Byzantine hieratic style typical of Second Bulgarian Empire coinage. The figures are shown in regal attire, likely holding imperial regalia such as scepters or crosses, in a composition echoing Byzantine imperial portraiture. The strike is irregular and the flan shows characteristic cracking, as visible on the specimen, with the figures occupying the central field. The crude workmanship is consistent with provincial hammered copper issues of the mid-fourteenth century. No legible legend is discernible on this example. |
| Reverse script | Cyrillic |
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