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Trachy - Konstantin Tih
| Issuer | Second Bulgarian Empire |
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| Year | 1257-1277 |
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| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
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| Obverse description | Full-length frontal effigy of Tsar Konstantin Tih Asen in imperial regalia, crowned with a jewelled stemma, standing facing on a footstool. In his right hand he holds a long patriarchal labarum staff, while his left hand supports a globus cruciger. Imperial loros and elaborately decorated garments are rendered in low relief across the concave field. |
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| Edge | Plain |
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Konstantin Tih came to power through marriage into the Asen dynasty rather than by blood, and his reign was plagued by dynastic instability, wars with the Byzantines and Mongols, and a debilitating riding accident that left him partially paralyzed in his later years. The copper trachy was the fractional workhorse of Byzantine-influenced Bulgarian coinage, and Tih's issues closely mirrored Nicaean and early Palaiologan types — a deliberate political signal about his claim to legitimacy in the broader Orthodox imperial tradition.