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Ancient Nomos Art is a museum of galleries exhibiting ancient coins and ancient mint maps. The coin gallery displays the diverse art and history of hand-crafted ancient Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Persian and Medieval coinage. The ancient mints mapping gallery features Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Asia Minor and Medieval mint city regions and territories. Visitor's are welcome to explore, study and enjoy Ancient Nomos Art.
Medieval, Tripolis – 1266 AD
Tripolis County
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Obverse: Cross pattée in octilobe of four arcs and four angles with 8 outer dots between angles.
Reverse: Large eight point star in center all within a curvilinear octilobe; two dentiled borders.
LEGEND
Obv: + BOEMVNDVS : COMES (triple colon stops), Cross pattée in octilobe of arcs and angles with 8 dots between angles, two dentiled borders. Rev: + C∙I∙V∙I∙TAS : TR∙I∙POL∙I∙ (dots flanking I’s), Large eight point star within a curvilinear octilobe; two dentiled borders.
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DOCUMENTATION
Value: Gros (perhaps a double gros). Metal: AR Silver. Weight: 4.20 grams. Mint: County of Tripolis. Date: 1251-1275 AD.
Attribution: Schlumberger IV/19; Seltman 22; Metcalf, LE 490-493; CCS 22.
Legend, Documentation and Attribution