Crusaders, Epirus (Despotate). Giovanni II Orsini BI Denier Tournois. Arta mint, AD 1323-1335. ✠ IOh'S • DЄSPOTVS, cross pattée / ✠ [...] DЄ • ΛRTΛ • CΛSTRV •, château tournois; I-O across fields. CCS 116; Metcalf, Crusades 1995, -; cf. Tzamalis F 100. 0.86g, 19mm, 3h.
Very Fine. Very rare variant with I-O on reverse.
From a private European collection.