Size and weight: (22x20) mm, 1.72 grams

Saint crowning the Bulgarian King / Christ enthroned. DO plate 25, #1-5.

These trachies were issued in the between ca.1195 and 1200 in Bulgaria, and were imitating various Byzantine trachies. These are scarcer than the slightly later (and somewhat similar) Latin trachies.

Bulgaria was a significant European power in the 9th and the 10th century, while fighting with the Byzantine Empire for the control of the Balkans. The Bulgarian state was crushed by a determined Byzantine assault under Basil II in 1018. It was re-established only in 1185.

This coin is guaranteed to be authentic

Stock# trach1057