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Home ▸ Catalog ▸ |Medieval & Modern Coins| ▸ |Bulgaria||View Options:   | | | Bulgaria is a Balkan nation with diverse terrain encompassing Black Sea coastline, a mountainous interior and rivers, including the Danube. A cultural melting pot with Greek, Slavic, Ottoman, and Persian influences, it has a rich heritage of traditional dance, music, costumes, and crafts. At the foot of domed Vitosha mountain is its capital city, Sofia, dating to the 5th century B.C. |
Read more about Konstantin I Tikh on Wikipedia.SH59924. Bronze trachy, Radushev-Zhekov type 1.4.11, Youroukova-Penchev 42, gVF, scyphate, nice green patina, weight 3.121 g, maximum diameter 27.2 mm, die axis 180o, obverse facing nimbate bust of Christ Pantokrator (Christ All-Powerful), IC - XC (Greek abbreviation: IΗΣOúΣ XPIΣTOΣ - Jesus Christ) flanking Christ's head; reverse Konstantine I turned facing on horseback right, patriarchal cross in right; SOLD
Bulgaria, Second Empire, Todor Svetoslav, 1300 - 1322
Theodore Svetoslav was co-emperor with his father but was sent as hostage to Nogai Khan of the Mongol Golden Horde. His sister was married to Nogai's son Chaka. About 1299 he and brother-in-law Chaka invaded Bulgaria. He convinced the Bulgarian nobility to accept Chaka as Tsar, but then betrayed Chaka, had him murdered, and made himself Tsar in 1300.SH59938. Silver grosch, Radushev-Zhekov type 1.8.1 (R6); Youroukova-Penchev 53, EF, weight 1.886 g, maximum diameter 21.3 mm, die axis 180o, obverse Christ Pantokrator enthroned facing, nimbate, raising right hand in blessing, gospels in left hand, IC - XC (Greek abbreviation: IΗΣOúΣ XPIΣTOΣ - Jesus Christ) flanking Christ's head; reverse Todor Svetoslav standing facing, cruciform scepter in right; SOLD
Bulgaria, Second Empire, Theodore Svetoslav, 1300 - 1322
Tsar Theodore Svetoslav was a wise and capable ruler who brought stability and relative prosperity to the Bulgarian Empire after two decades of constant Mongol intervention in the internal issues of the Empire. His reign began with the recovery of Southern Bessarabia and a few years later defeated the Byzantines and took back most of northern Thrace occupied by them during the crisis. After 1307 he implemented a peaceful policy towards all neighbors which resulted in expanded trade and economic growth.SH63694. Silver gros, Ljubitsch 11 (table II, 20), EF, weight 1.666 g, maximum diameter 21.74 mm, die axis 180o, Tirnovo mint, obverse Christ Pantokrator enthroned facing, nimbate, raising right hand in blessing, gospels in left hand, IC - XC (Greek abbreviation: IΗΣOúΣ XPIΣTOΣ - Jesus Christ) flanking Christ's head; reverse the king standing facing, holding a cruciform scepter over his right shoulder; ex Gorny & Mosch, auction 201, lot 5132; rare; SOLD
Bulgarian, Mitzo Asen, 1256 - 1257
Mitso Asen was married to Maria, the daughter of Ivan Asen II (1218-1241). He took the throne in 1256 after the murder of her cousin, Kaliman Asen II. The nobility proclaimed Constantine Tikh tsar in 1257. Mitso had to flee to the court of Michael VIII Palaiologos at Nicaea from whom he received lands in Troas. SH63701. Bronze trachy, Radushev-Zhekov type 1.6.2-5, Youroukova-Penchev 137, VF, scyphate, double struck, weight 2.340 g, maximum diameter 25.1 mm, die axis 180o, Tarnovo mint, 1256 - 1257; obverse Nimbate facing half length figure of Saint Nicholas, raising right hand in benediction, Gospels in left; reverse half length figure of the Emperor, three pronged scepter in right over shoulder, cross in left, monogram on left; rare; SOLD
Bulgaria, Second Empire, Konstantin I Tikh, 1257 - 1277
Read more about Konstantin I Tikh on Wikipedia.ME34842. Copper trachy, Radushev-Zhekov type 1.4.11 (R5), Youroukova-Penchev 42, VF, weight 2.749 g, maximum diameter 26.1 mm, die axis 180o, obverse facing nimbate bust of Christ, IC - XC (Greek abbreviation: IΗΣOúΣ XPIΣTOΣ - Jesus Christ) flanking Christ's head; reverse Konstantin on horseback right, holding patriarchal cross; rare; SOLD
Bulgaria, Second Empire, Ivan Alexander and Mikhail Asen, 1331 - 1355 A.D.
Ivan Alexander met Byzantine and Serbian threats, and led economic recovery and a cultural renaissance. But later he was overwhelmed by Ottoman and Hungarian invasions, and the Black Death. In an ill-fated effort to combat these problems, he divided the country between his two sons. Bulgaria would face the imminent Ottoman conquest weakened and divided.ME26458. Silver grosch, Radushev-Zhekov 1.13.3 (R2), Dimnik-Dobrinic 9.1.2, Choice EF, very nice for the type, weight 1.606 g, maximum diameter 21.2 mm, die axis 180o, Veliko Turnovo mint, 1331 - 1355 A.D.; obverse Christ standing facing in front of throne, nimbate, both hands raised in benediction, IC - XC (Greek abbreviation: IΗΣOúΣ XPIΣTOΣ - Jesus Christ) flanking nimbus, Alexander - Tsar monograms left and right below arms; reverse Ivan (on left) and Mikhail, his son, standing facing, each wears a stemma and holds cross scepter, both hold a staff between them topped with a banner, two stars lower inner fields, Alexander / Tsar monograms inner upper and outer lower left, pious Michael monograms inner upper and outer lower right; SOLD
Bulgaria, Second Empire, Ivan Alexander and Mikhail Asen, 1331 - 1355 A.D.
Ivan Alexander met Byzantine and Serbian threats, and led economic recovery and a cultural renaissance. But later he was overwhelmed by Ottoman and Hungarian invasions, and the Black Death. In an ill-fated effort to combat these problems, he divided the country between his two sons. Bulgaria would face the imminent Ottoman conquest weakened and divided.ME26459. Silver grosch, Radushev-Zhekov 1.13.3 (R2), Dimnik-Dobrinic 9.1.2, EF, very nice for the type, weight 1.765 g, maximum diameter 21.3 mm, die axis 180o, Veliko Turnovo mint, 1331 - 1355 A.D.; obverse Christ standing facing in front of throne, nimbate, both hands raised in benediction, IC - XC (Greek abbreviation: IΗΣOúΣ XPIΣTOΣ - Jesus Christ) flanking nimbus, Alexander - Tsar monograms left and right below arms; reverse Ivan (on left) and Mikhail, his son, standing facing, each wears a stemma and holds cross scepter, both hold a staff between them with a tripod base and topped with a banner, two stars lower inner fields, Alexander monogram inner upper left, Tsar monogram outer lower left, pious monogram inner upper right, Michael monogram outer lower right; SOLD
Bulgaria, Second Empire, Ivan Shishman, 1371 - 1395 A.D.
Ivan Alexander divided his kingdom between his two sons. Ivan Shishman inherited the central portion of Bulgaria with the capital Tarnovo. In 1393, after three-month siege, Tarnovo fell to the Ottoman Empire. Ivan Shishman continued to rule in Nikopol as an Ottoman vassal but Sultan Bayezit I had him beheaded on June 3, 1395.ME47719. Silver grosch, reduced weight; Youroukova-Penchev 128; Moushmov 7454, pl. LXV 8, EF, weight 0.662 g, maximum diameter 15.5 mm, die axis 180o, Tarnovo mint, c. 1380 - 1393 A.D.; obverse half length figure of Virgin Orans facing, infant Christ's head facing at Her breast, M - Θ (Greek abbreviation: Μητηρ Θεου; - Mother of God) across field ; reverse Czar standing facing, cruciform scepter in left, legend and monograms around; SOLD
Bulgaria, Second Empire, Mihail Asen III Shishman, 1323 - 1330 A.D.
Mihail Asen III, commonly called Michael Shishman, ruled as tsar of Bulgaria from 1323 to 1330. An energetic and ambitious ruler, Michael Shishman led an aggressive but opportunistic and inconsistent foreign policy against the Byzantine Empire and the Kingdom of Serbia, which ended in the disastrous battle of Velbazhd which claimed his life. He was the last medieval Bulgarian ruler who aimed at military and political hegemony of the Bulgarian Empire over the Balkans and the last one who attempted to seize Constantinople. He was succeeded by his son Ivan Stephen and later by his nephew Ivan Alexander, who reversed his policy by forming an alliance with Serbia.WO89566. Bronze trachy, Radushev-Zhekov 1.11.14 (R5), Youroukova-Penchev 68, Dimnik-Dobrinic 8.2.3, gF, dark patina, uneven strike, obverse a little off center, weight 2.031 g, maximum diameter 22.3 mm, die axis 0o, 1323 - 1330 A.D.; obverse cross fourchée with suppendaneum, IC-XC in upper quarters, star in each lower quarter; reverse Shishman monogram, star on each side at base; ex CNG e-auction 255 (4 May 2011), lot 398; SOLD
Bulgaria, Second Empire, Ivan Shishman, 1371 - 1395 A.D.
Ivan Alexander divided his kingdom between his two sons. Ivan Shishman inherited the central portion of Bulgaria with the capital Tarnovo. In 1393, after three-month siege, Tarnovo fell to the Ottoman Empire. Ivan Shishman continued to rule in Nikopol as an Ottoman vassal but Sultan Bayezit I had him beheaded on June 3, 1395.ME47718. Silver grosch, reduced weight; Youroukova-Penchev 128; Moushmov 7454, pl. LXV 8, VF, weight 0.606 g, maximum diameter 15.8 mm, die axis 180o, Tarnovo mint, c. 1380 - 1393 A.D.; obverse half length figure of Virgin Orans facing, infant Christ's head facing at Her breast, M - Θ (Greek abbreviation: Μητηρ Θεου; - Mother of God) across field; reverse Czar standing facing, cruciform scepter in left, legend and monograms around; SOLD
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