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Trachy - Petar IV / Ivan I Asen Imitating billon aspron trachy of Isaac II Angelus
| Issuer | Second Bulgarian Empire |
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| Year | 1185-1207 |
| Type | Standard circulation coin |
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| Obverse script | Greek |
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| Edge | Rough |
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The Second Bulgarian Empire declared its independence from Byzantium in 1185 following the revolt of brothers Petar and Asen, and the trachea they struck almost immediately imitated Byzantine prototypes — Isaac II Angelus being the reigning emperor at the moment of that rebellion. Copying his coinage was a deliberate political statement: Bulgaria could produce imperial-format currency, yet the execution drifts markedly from Byzantine workshop standards, with irregular flans and inconsistent billon alloy that betray provincial manufacture.
Attributing these imitative pieces precisely to Petar IV or Ivan I Asen individually remains contested, which is why the joint reign attribution persists in most catalogs.