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Trachy - Konstantin Tih
| Issuer | Second Bulgarian Empire |
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| Year | 1257-1277 |
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| Shape | Concave |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Mintage | ND (1257-1277) |
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Konstantin Tih came to power through dynastic marriage rather than conquest, wedding Eirene Doukaina Laskarina to legitimize his rule through Byzantine bloodlines — a political calculation reflected in the strongly Byzantinizing character of Bulgarian coinage throughout his reign. The trachy form itself was borrowed wholesale from Byzantine billon trachea, though Bulgarian issues like this one substituted copper for the debased electrum that Constantinople had long since abandoned as unworkable.
His reign ended badly: a fall from a horse left him partially paralyzed, and his incapacitated rule invited the revolt that ultimately brought Ivaylo the swineherd to power in 1277.