BULGARIA Ivan Sratsimir (1356-1396) Silver 1 Grosh 18mm (20 563)

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  • COUNTRY/REGION OF MANUFACTURE : Bulgaria
  • CERTIFICATION : Uncertified
  • GRADE : Ungraded
  • YEAR : 1356-1396grosh
  • CIRCULATED/UNCIRCULATED : Circulated
  • COMPOSITION : Silver
  • DENOMINATION : grosh
  • KM NUMBER : type i


BULGARIA 

Ivan Sratsimir (1356-1396) 

Silver 1 Grosh 18mm 

Obverse: The king with short crown on his
head seated on a throne opposite, at each side of the throne – lily; the king is
holding in right hand sceptre with cross on its top, and in the left – scroll



Lettering: +IW СRАЦИМИР ЦРББ



Reverse: Christ’s bust opposite, blessing with right hand and holding in left
hand Gospel; above, at his head the abbreviations IC – XC

Ivan Sratsimir or Ivan Stratsimir
(Bulgarian: Иван Срацимир) was tsar of Bulgaria in Vidin from 1356 to 1396. He
was born in 1324 or 1325, and he died in or after 1397. Despite being the eldest
surviving son of Ivan Alexander, Ivan Sratsimir was disinherited in favour of
his half-brother Ivan Shishman and proclaimed himself emperor in Vidin. When the
Hungarians attacked and occupied his domains, he received assistance from his
father and the invaders were driven away.

After the death of Ivan Alexander in 1371 Ivan Sratsimir broke off ties with
Tarnovo and even placed the archbishop of Vidin under the jurisdiction of the
Patriarchate of Constantinople to demonstrate his independence. Due to its
geographical position, Vidin was initially safe from attacks by the Ottoman
Turks who were ravaging the Balkans to the south and Ivan Sratsimir made no
attempts to assist Ivan Shishman in his struggle against the Ottomans. Only
after the fall of Tarnovo in 1393 did his policy become more active and he
eventually joined the crusade of the Hungarian king Sigismund. However, after
the disastrous battle of Nicopolis in 1396, the Ottomans marched to Vidin and
seized it. Ivan Sratsimir was captured and imprisoned in Bursa where he was
probably strangled. Although his son Constantine II claimed the title Emperor of
Bulgaria and at times controlled some parts of his father's realm, Ivan
Sratsimir is generally regarded by historians as the last ruler of medieval
Bulgaria.

REF 20 564


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