This volume continues the study of Byzantine coins; this new work focuses on the Principalities that emerged after the fall of Constantinople: the Latin Empire, the Empire of Nicaea, the Despotate of Epirus, the Empire of Thessalonica and the Empire of Trebizond. The period covered ranges from 1204 to 1261 for all the Principalities except the last, for which it extends to 1461.
The introductory section examines the evolution of the symbols of power between the 6 th and 11 th centuries.