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Hyperpyron - John V and Anna of Savoy
| Issuer | Byzantine Imperial Mint |
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| Year | 1341-1347 |
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| Currency | Second Hyperpyron Nomisma (env. 1300-1367) |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Edge | Plain |
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John V was crowned at age nine in 1341, immediately triggering a civil war between his regency — headed by his mother Anna of Savoy — and the usurper John VI Kantakouzenos that lasted until 1347. To fund the war, Anna pawned the Byzantine crown jewels to Venice in 1343, a transaction from which they were never recovered. The treasury was so depleted that the gold content of the hyperpyron had collapsed to levels unrecognizable from the coinage of even a century prior.
BCV#2466 is a product of fiscal desperation, not monetary policy.