Denier of Isabella de Villehardouin

On the death of her second husband, Florent of Hainaut, in 1297, Isabella de Villehardouin began minting coins in her own name. This coin is dated to the period between Florent’s passing and Isabella’s third marriage to Philip of Savoy in 1301, from which date the coins were minted in his name. Deniers were also minted by another princess of Achaia, Mahaut.

Object type

Coins

Date

Production: 1297 - 1301

Associated person

Isabella de Villehardouin (1260/1263 - 1312)

Inscriptions

obverse: + YSABELLA .P ACH

reverse: * + * DE CLARENCIA*

Dimensions

Diameter: 19mm
Weight: 0.77g

Materials and technique

Silver, struck

Production place

Corinth
Greece

Themes

The Queen and queens of the Crusades

References

Metcalf, David Michael. Coinage of the Crusades and the Latin East in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. London: Royal Numismatic Society, 1995.
Pages 262-263

Provenance

Purchased from Spoerry, 1932

Credit line

The Mildred King Memorial Collection.
Gift of Colonel E.J. King, 1935

Catalogue number

ACH61