| Popis líce |
Frontal bust of Christ Pantokrator depicted in Byzantine style, nimbate and draped, rendered in concave scyphate relief. The figure raises the right hand in benediction and holds the Gospels in the left hand. The customary Christogram abbreviations IC XC appear in the fields to either side of the bust, identifying the subject as Jesus Christ. |
| Písmo líce |
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| Popis rubu |
Tsar Konstantin I Tih portrayed in full figure, mounted on horseback and facing right in a dynamic equestrian composition typical of Bulgarian imperial coinage of the 13th century. The ruler is depicted holding a patriarchal cross in his right hand, asserting both his temporal and spiritual authority. The concave flan imparts a pronounced scyphate curvature to the design, consistent with Byzantine-influenced Bulgarian trachea of this period. |
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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.