The basic article in this section is a detailed analysis of the Thessalonican trachea attributed to Andronicus III, aimed principally at establishing just which types really are issues of this emperor, and
which are not. A number of types are reassigned. This article has been extended into a new article on the sequencing of the Thessalonican trachea of the reigns of Andronicus II and Andronicus III. This is meant to
update the sequencing proposed by Simon Bendall in his "A Private Collection of Palaeologan Coins", (1987). There is also a summary of the current thinking on the Bulgarian and Latin Imitative types, and some ideas on
possible Magnesian issues of Michael VIII. There is also a summary of the coins of Michael II of Epirus, as well as a new critique of Hendy's ideas on the Coins of John Comnenus-Ducas. More recently (Sept. 2009) I
have added a summary and critique of Bendall's attributions of various rare types to Andronicus I Gidon of Trebizond. |