240, Lot: 581. Estimate $100.

BULGARIA, Second Empire. Ivan Šišman. 1371–1395. BI Trachy (17mm, 0.98 g, 6h). Tarnovo mint. Lion rampant left / Large Šišman monogram across field. Raduchev & Zhekov Type 1.15.15-16; Youroukova & Penchev 131. VF, some silvering, a bit rough.

Following the Christian defeat at the Battle of Kosovo in 1389, the Ottomans once again turned to Ivan Šišman. In 1393 the new sultan, Bayezid I, invaded Bulgaria and beseiged the capital, Tarnovo. After a three-month siege, the city fell on 17 July 1393, a point sometimes taken as the end of the Second Bulgarian Empire, although both Ivan Šišman and Ivan Sratsimir survived. Ivan Šišman continued to rule in Nikopol as an Ottoman vassal, hoping for aid from the Hungarians, until he was beheaded there on the orders of Bayezid I on 3 June 1395. The remainder of Ivan Šišman’s territory was annexed into the Ottoman Empire, although Šišman’s son Konstantin II continued to rule at Vidin until 1422.

Current Status

240, Lot: 581.
Closing Date And Time: Sep 08, 2010 at 1:13:40 PM ET.
Current Date And Time: Jun 10, 2026 at 8:27:11 AM ET.
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